Kent Anthony Tyler III

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Charge:	Second Degree Murder
Sentence:	50 years
Years Imprisoned:	2
Year Crime:	2013
Year Convicted:	2013
Year Cleared:	2015
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	Iowa
County or Region of Crime:	Polk
City of Crime:	Des Moines
Result:	Judicially Exonerated Released
Summary of Case:	"Kent Anthony Tyler III was wrongly convicted in December 2013 of second-degree murder in the death of 40-year-old Richard Daughenbaugh at the time of a party by the Des Moines River on August 24, 2013. At the time of the incident Tyler was 18. During Tyler's trial witnesses testified he punched Daughenbaugh once after Daughenbaugh drove his pickup into a parking lot where dozens of young people were partying. Daughenbaugh was then attacked by several people, but the prosecution introduced no evidence Tyler joined in the attack. After Tyler's conviction by the jury, he was sentenced to 50 years in prison. Tyler appealed. On April 22, 2015, in a 2-1 majority decision, the Iowa Court of Appeals reversed Tyler's conviction on the basis the prosecution introduced insufficient evidence to prove any of its three theories of Tyler's involvement in the crime beyond a reasonable doubt, and ordered entry of a judgment of acquittal."
Conviction Caused By:	Unreasonable inferences by the jury about the State's evidence.
Innocence Proved By:	"On April 22, 2015, in a 2-1 majority decision, the Iowa Court of Appeals reversed Tyler's conviction on the basis the prosecution introduced insufficient evidence to prove any of its three theories of Tyler's involvement in the crime beyond a reasonable doubt, and ordered entry of a judgment of acquittal."
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Age When Imprisoned:	18
Age When Released:	20
Sex:	Male
Skin/Ethnicity:	Black
Information Source 1:	"State of Iowa vs. Kent Anthony Tyler III, No. 14-0256 (Iowa Ct. of Appeals, 4-22-2015) (Vacating convictions and ordering judgment of acquittal.)"
Information Location 1:	http://www.iowacourts.gov/About_the_Courts/Court_of_Appeals/Court_of_Appeals_Opinions/Recent_Opinions/20150422/14-0256.pdf
Information Source 2:	"3rd suspect surrenders in beating death, KCCI-TV (Des Moines, IA), September 4, 2013"
Information Location 2:	http://www.kcci.com/news/central-iowa/3rd-suspect-surrenders-in-beating-death/21771560
Information Source 3:	"Court overturns man's conviction in fatal Des Moines beating, By Associated Press reporter, WCF Courier, April 23, 2015"
Information Location 3:	http://wcfcourier.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/court-overturns-man-s-conviction-in-fatal-des-moines-beating/article_c4916eb2-e9c2-11e4-9eae-1397aeced2d2.html
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Kent Anthony Tyler III

Charge:

Second Degree Murder

Sentence:

50 years

Years Imprisoned:

2

Year Crime:

2013

Year Convicted:

2013

Year Cleared:

2015

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

Iowa

County or Region of Crime:

Polk

City of Crime:

Des Moines

Result:

Judicially Exonerated Released

Summary of Case:

Conviction Caused By:

Unreasonable inferences by the jury about the State's evidence.

Innocence Proved By:

Defendant Aided By:

Compensation Awarded:

Was Perpetrator Identified?

Age When Imprisoned:

18

Age When Released:

20

Sex:

Male

Skin/Ethnicity:

Black

Information Source 1:

"State of Iowa vs. Kent Anthony Tyler III, No. 14-0256 (Iowa Ct. of Appeals, 4-22-2015) (Vacating convictions and ordering judgment of acquittal.)"

Information Location 1:

http://www.iowacourts.gov/About_the_Courts/Court_of_Appeals/Court_of_Appeals_Opinions/Recent_Opinions/20150422/14-0256.pdf

Information Source 2:

"3rd suspect surrenders in beating death, KCCI-TV (Des Moines, IA), September 4, 2013"

Information Location 2:

http://www.kcci.com/news/central-iowa/3rd-suspect-surrenders-in-beating-death/21771560

Information Source 3:

"Court overturns man's conviction in fatal Des Moines beating, By Associated Press reporter, WCF Courier, April 23, 2015"

Information Location 3:

http://wcfcourier.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/court-overturns-man-s-conviction-in-fatal-des-moines-beating/article_c4916eb2-e9c2-11e4-9eae-1397aeced2d2.html

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