Alexander Vantreece

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Charge:	Sexual Assault (includes aggravated)
Sentence:	12 years imprisonment plus 5 years supervised release
Years Imprisoned:	2
Year Crime:	2005
Year Convicted:	2006
Year Cleared:	2007
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	North Dakota
County or Region of Crime:	Cass
City of Crime:	Fargo
Result:	Judicially Exonerated Released
Summary of Case:	"Alexander Vantreece was wrongly convicted of sexually assaulting a 26-year-old female acquaintance in August 2005 in Fargo, North Dakota. Vantreece claimed the sexual activity was consensual, but the jury believed the woman, and after his conviction he was sentenced to 12 years imprisonment and 5 years supervised release. On July 25, 2007 the North Dakota Supreme Court quashed Vantreece's conviction by a majority 3 to 2 vote, and ordered a judgment of acquittal because of insufficient evidence the sex wasn't consensual."
Conviction Caused By:	"The alleged "victims" false claim that she was raped."
Innocence Proved By:	"On July 25, 2007 the North Dakota Supreme Court quashed Vantreece's conviction and ordered a judgment of acquittal because of insufficient evidence that the sex wasn't consensual."
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Sex:	Male
Skin/Ethnicity:	White
Information Source 1:	"State v. Vantreece, 2007 N.D. 126 (N.D. 07/25/2007) (Reversing conviction based on insufficient evidence.)"
Information Location 1:	http://law.justia.com/cases/north-dakota/supreme-court/2007/20060139-1.html
Information Source 2:	"Court throws out rape conviction, By Staff, The Bismarck Tribune, July 28, 2007"
Information Location 2:	http://bismarcktribune.com/news/state-and-regional/court-throws-out-rape-conviction/article_da22d3f8-8571-573f-a8fc-2d96215fd214.html
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Alexander Vantreece

Charge:

Sexual Assault (includes aggravated)

Sentence:

12 years imprisonment plus 5 years supervised release

Years Imprisoned:

2

Year Crime:

2005

Year Convicted:

2006

Year Cleared:

2007

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

North Dakota

County or Region of Crime:

Cass

City of Crime:

Fargo

Result:

Judicially Exonerated Released

Summary of Case:

Conviction Caused By:

"The alleged "victims" false claim that she was raped."

Innocence Proved By:

"On July 25, 2007 the North Dakota Supreme Court quashed Vantreece's conviction and ordered a judgment of acquittal because of insufficient evidence that the sex wasn't consensual."

Defendant Aided By:

Compensation Awarded:

Was Perpetrator Identified?

Age When Imprisoned:

Age When Released:

Sex:

Male

Skin/Ethnicity:

White

Information Source 1:

"State v. Vantreece, 2007 N.D. 126 (N.D. 07/25/2007) (Reversing conviction based on insufficient evidence.)"

Information Location 1:

http://law.justia.com/cases/north-dakota/supreme-court/2007/20060139-1.html

Information Source 2:

"Court throws out rape conviction, By Staff, The Bismarck Tribune, July 28, 2007"

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http://bismarcktribune.com/news/state-and-regional/court-throws-out-rape-conviction/article_da22d3f8-8571-573f-a8fc-2d96215fd214.html

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