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Leonard Schalow

 

Charge:

Attempted Murder

Sentence:

157 - 201 months

Years Imprisoned:

1

Year Crime:

2014

Year Convicted:

2015

Year Cleared:

2016

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

North Carolina

County or Region of Crime:

Henderson

City of Crime:

Hendersonville

Result:

Judicially Exonerated

Summary of Case:

"Leonard Schalow was wrongly convicted in November 2015 of attempted first-degree murder by torture of his wife in Henderson County, North Carolina. "

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Was Perpetrator Identified?

Age When Imprisoned:

47

Age When Released:

48

Sex:

Male

Skin/Ethnicity:

White

Information Source 1:

"‘Vindictive prosecution’ prompts 3rd dismissal for Schalow related to severe beating of wife in 2014, By Staff, Henderson Times-News (Hendersonville, NC), January 7, 2020"

Information Location 1:

https://www.blueridgenow.com/news/20200107/lsquovindictive-prosecutionrsquo-prompts-3rd-dismissal-for-schalow-related-to-severe-beating-of-wife-in-2014

Information Source 2:

"State v. Schalow, 795 SE 2d 567 (NC Court of Appeals, 12-20-2016) (Ordering reversal of conviction and dismissal of charges. Trial court's ruling that Schalow's indictment was defective was correct -- therefore his trial after a mistrial was a constitutional double jeopardy violation.)"

Information Location 2:

https://scholar.google.com/scholar_case?case=5903863003375427382&q=Leonard+Schalow&hl=en&as_sdt=4006

Information Source 3:

"State v. Schalow, 809 SE 2d 579 (NC Supreme Court, 3-2-2018) ("Discretionary review improvidently allowed" for the State to appeal the 12-20-2016 Appeals Ct ruling ordering dismissal of charges agianst Schalow based on double jeopardy grounds.)"

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