Benjamin Puente

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Charge:	Child/Minor Sex Abuse (incl. molestation)
Sentence:	1 year and registration as a sex offender
Years Imprisoned:	0.75
Year Crime:	2009
Year Convicted:	2009
Year Cleared:	2010
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	California
County or Region of Crime:	Santa Clara
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Result:	Judicially Exonerated Released
Summary of Case:	"Benjamin Puente was wrongly convicted in 2009 of statutory rape for allegedly arranging a liason with a 16-year-old girl for the purpose of having sex with her. Puente was convicted after his third trial He was sentenced to 1 year in prison and registration as a sex offender. On December 20, 2010 California's 6th District Court of Appeal acquitted Puente on the basis there was insufficient evidence he committed a crime. The court also said a Santa Clara County prosecutor was "vindictive" in pursuing a felony conviction against Benjamin Puente. The court found that prosecutors pursued the charge after previously agreeing that it was flawed and should be dismissed."
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Information Source 1:	"Puentes, Benjamin, No H034546 (6th Appellate Dist Ct, 12-20-2010)"
Information Location 1:	http://www.courtinfo.ca.gov/opinions/documents/H034546.PDF
Information Source 2:	"Appeals court reverses statuatory rape conviction, Associated Press sotry, San Jose Mercury News, December 22, 2010"
Information Location 2:	http://www.mercurynews.com/news/ci_16923349?nclick_check=1
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Benjamin Puente

Charge:

Child/Minor Sex Abuse (incl. molestation)

Sentence:

1 year and registration as a sex offender

Years Imprisoned:

0.75

Year Crime:

2009

Year Convicted:

2009

Year Cleared:

2010

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

California

County or Region of Crime:

Santa Clara

City of Crime:

Result:

Judicially Exonerated Released

Summary of Case:

Conviction Caused By:

Innocence Proved By:

Defendant Aided By:

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Was Perpetrator Identified?

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Male

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Information Source 1:

"Puentes, Benjamin, No H034546 (6th Appellate Dist Ct, 12-20-2010)"

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http://www.courtinfo.ca.gov/opinions/documents/H034546.PDF

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"Appeals court reverses statuatory rape conviction, Associated Press sotry, San Jose Mercury News, December 22, 2010"

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http://www.mercurynews.com/news/ci_16923349?nclick_check=1

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