Wesley Ronald Tuley

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Charge:	Sexual Assault (includes aggravated)
Sentence:	10 years
Years Imprisoned:	5
Year Crime:	1996
Year Convicted:	1997
Year Cleared:	2003
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	Texas
County or Region of Crime:	Dallas
City of Crime:	Dallas
Result:	Judicially Exonerated Released
Summary of Case:	"Wesley Ronald Tuley was wrongly convicted of sexual assault after pleading guilty after a jury deadlocked on a verdict. Tuley claimed he only pled guilty in exchange for a 10 year sentence of community supervision because he had run out of money to pay for a lawyer for a second trial, he was facing a long prison sentence if convicted, and he had already spent 10 months in jail awaiting his first trial. Tuley was later imprisoned for violating the terms of his community supervision. Weley Tuley's accuser totally recanted her story and said she made it up because she didn't like Tuley and his relationship with his mother. Tuley filed a habeas corpus on the basis of the new evidence of his innocence, and his trial judge recommended the vacating of his conviction. In concurring with the trial court, the Texas Court of Appeals ruled that "The purpose of criminal proceedings is to separate the guilty from the innocent." By ordering the vacating of Tuley's conviction the Appeals Court established the precedent in Texas that a defendant's actual innocence is more important than their false plea of guilty."
Conviction Caused By:	Fabricated testimony of the alleged victim.
Innocence Proved By:	The victim recanted her testimony and admitted she had fabricated the alleged assault by Tuley.
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Age When Imprisoned:	29
Age When Released:	33
Sex:	Male
Skin/Ethnicity:	White
Information Source 1:	"Court rules innocence supersedes guilty plea, (AP Austin), Houston, Chronicle, December 18, 2002"
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Wesley Ronald Tuley

Charge:

Sexual Assault (includes aggravated)

Sentence:

10 years

Years Imprisoned:

5

Year Crime:

1996

Year Convicted:

1997

Year Cleared:

2003

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

Texas

County or Region of Crime:

Dallas

City of Crime:

Dallas

Result:

Judicially Exonerated Released

Summary of Case:

Conviction Caused By:

Fabricated testimony of the alleged victim.

Innocence Proved By:

The victim recanted her testimony and admitted she had fabricated the alleged assault by Tuley.

Defendant Aided By:

Compensation Awarded:

Was Perpetrator Identified?

Age When Imprisoned:

29

Age When Released:

33

Sex:

Male

Skin/Ethnicity:

White

Information Source 1:

"Court rules innocence supersedes guilty plea, (AP Austin), Houston, Chronicle, December 18, 2002"

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http://www.truthinjustice.org/innocence-guilty.htm

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