Wrongly Convicted Database Record
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Charge: |
Transmitting communicable disease |
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Year Cleared: |
2013 |
U.S. State or Country of Crime: |
Minnesota |
County or Region of Crime: |
Hennepin |
City of Crime: |
Minneapolis |
Result: |
Judicially Exonerated |
Summary of Case: |
"Daniel James Rick was wrongly convicted of transmitting a communicable disease when he had sex after telling his partner he was HIV-positive. On October 21, 2013 the conviction of Daniel Rick was overturned by the Minnesota Supreme Court on the basis the statute he was convicted under was ambiguous regarding his convicted sexual conduct." |
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"On October 21, 2013 Rick's conviction was overturned by the Minnesota Supreme Court on the basis the statute he was convicted under was ambiguous regarding his convicted conduct." |
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Information Source 1: |
"State of Minnesota v. Daniel James Rick, 835 NW 2d 478 (MN Sup Ct., 8-21-2013)" |
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"https://scholar.google.com/scholar_case?case=9448592253120030425&q=State+of+Minnesota+v.+Daniel+James+Rick,+No.+A12-0058&hl=en&as_sdt=6,48" |
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