Randy Lynn Tennyson

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Charge:	Solicitation of minor by computer
Sentence:	7 years
Years Imprisoned:	3
Year Crime:	2006
Year Convicted:	2009
Year Cleared:	2012
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	Alabama
County or Region of Crime:	Marengo
City of Crime:	Demopolis
Result:	Judicially Exonerated Released
Summary of Case:	"Randy Lynn Tennyson was wrongly convicted in 2009 of soliciting a child on a computer. In 2006 Randy Tennyson was charged with using his computer to arrange to meet a 15-year-old girl in a public place in Demopolis, Alabama. He had actually been communicating with a Demopolis police detective. Tennyson agreed to a bench trial and he argued that he should be granted a judgment of acquittal because under Alabama law in 2006 a person was required to have actually solicited a minor for sex, and not an adult pretending to be a minor. The judge disagreed and after finding Tennyson guilty he was sentenced to 7 years in prison. On May 25, 2012 the Alabama Court of Criminal Appeals vacated Tennyson's conviction on the basis that he had not committed a crime because he had only communicated with an adult pretending to be a minor, while the law in 2006 required that a minor was solicited. The law was changed in 2009 to criminalize solicitation only if a person believed he or she was communicating with a minor -- while the person could actually be an adult."
Conviction Caused By:	The trial judge erroneously ruled that Tennyson's conduct was criminal under Alabama's law in 2006.
Innocence Proved By:	"On May 25, 2012 the Alabama Court of Criminal Appeals vacated Tennyson's conviction on the basis that he had not committed a crime."
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Information Source 1:	"Randy Lynn Tennyson v. State of Alabama No. cr-10-1128 (AL Ct of Appeals, 5-25-2012)"
Information Location 1:	http://law.justia.com/cases/alabama/court-of-appeals-criminal/2012/cr-10-1128.html
Information Source 2:	"Appeals court overturns conviction, Staff report, Montgomery Advertiser (Montgomery, AL), May 27, 2012"
Information Location 2:	http://www.montgomeryadvertiser.com/article/20120527/NEWS02/305270024/Briefly-Appeals-court-overturns-conviction
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Randy Lynn Tennyson

Charge:

Solicitation of minor by computer

Sentence:

7 years

Years Imprisoned:

3

Year Crime:

2006

Year Convicted:

2009

Year Cleared:

2012

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

Alabama

County or Region of Crime:

Marengo

City of Crime:

Demopolis

Result:

Judicially Exonerated Released

Summary of Case:

Conviction Caused By:

The trial judge erroneously ruled that Tennyson's conduct was criminal under Alabama's law in 2006.

Innocence Proved By:

"On May 25, 2012 the Alabama Court of Criminal Appeals vacated Tennyson's conviction on the basis that he had not committed a crime."

Defendant Aided By:

Compensation Awarded:

Was Perpetrator Identified?

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Age When Released:

Sex:

Male

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Information Source 1:

"Randy Lynn Tennyson v. State of Alabama No. cr-10-1128 (AL Ct of Appeals, 5-25-2012)"

Information Location 1:

http://law.justia.com/cases/alabama/court-of-appeals-criminal/2012/cr-10-1128.html

Information Source 2:

"Appeals court overturns conviction, Staff report, Montgomery Advertiser (Montgomery, AL), May 27, 2012"

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http://www.montgomeryadvertiser.com/article/20120527/NEWS02/305270024/Briefly-Appeals-court-overturns-conviction

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