Wrongly Convicted Database Record
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Inappropriate Relationship with student |
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Year Convicted: |
2014 |
Year Cleared: |
2015 |
U.S. State or Country of Crime: |
Texas |
County or Region of Crime: |
Montgomery |
City of Crime: |
Conroe |
Result: |
Judicially Exonerated |
Summary of Case: |
"Christopher Sutton was a Conroe, Texas police officer wrongly convicted in 2014 of having an inappropriate relationship with a senior female student at Caney Creek High School in Montgomery County, Texas. Suttton appealed. In July 2015 the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals overturned Sutton's conviction on the basis the prosecution introduced insufficient evidence that he worked at the school the female attended, which is a requirement under the statute he was convicted of violating." |
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"In July 2015 the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals overturned Sutton's conviction on the basis the prosecution introduced insufficient evidence that he worked at the school the female attended, which is a requirement under the statute he was convicted of violating." |
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"Former Conroe ISD officers improper relationship with student conviction overturned on appeal, By Brandon K. Scott, The Courier of Montgomery County, July 15, 2015" |
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http://www.yourhoustonnews.com/courier/news/former-conroe-isd-officer-s-improper-relationship-with-student-conviction/article_67558e9a-d186-5d4b-8e53-441002dd8427.html |
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