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Marvin Earl Goodsell

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Charge:	Sexual Assault (includes aggravated)
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Year Cleared:	2008
Location of Trial:	Arkansas
Result:	Judicially Exonerated Released
Summary of Case:	"Wrongly convicted of four counts of sexually assaulting two girls. Marvin Goodsell supposedly confessed, but at his trial he denied committing the crimes and the girls denied anything inappropriate occurred between them and Goodsell. Arkansas' law requires independent corroboration that a crime occurred apart from an out of court "confession." The judge refused to direct a verdict of acquittal after the state rested its case. On December 17, 2008 the Arkansas Court of Appeals unanimously vacated Goodsell's convictions and ordered his release on the grounds that there was insufficient evidence that a crime had occurred."
Conviction Caused By:	The trial judge failed to enforce Arkansas' corpus-delicti rule that requires proof other than a confession that a crime occurred.
Innocence Proved By:	On December 17, 2008 the Arkansas Court of Appeals unanimously vacated Goodsell's convictions and ordered his release on the grounds that there was insufficient evidence that a crime had occurred.
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Information Source 1:	Marvin Earl Goodsell v. State of Arkansas, CACR08-115 (12-17-2008)
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Information Source 2:	Court reluctantly overturns sexual assault conviction, By John Lyon, Arkansas News Bureau, December 18, 2008
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Marvin Earl Goodsell

Years Imprisoned:

Charge:

Sexual Assault (includes aggravated)

Sentence:

Year Convicted:

Year Cleared:

2008

Location of Trial:

Arkansas

Result:

Judicially Exonerated Released

Summary of Case:

Conviction Caused By:

The trial judge failed to enforce Arkansas' corpus-delicti rule that requires proof other than a confession that a crime occurred.

Innocence Proved By:

On December 17, 2008 the Arkansas Court of Appeals unanimously vacated Goodsell's convictions and ordered his release on the grounds that there was insufficient evidence that a crime had occurred.

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Marvin Earl Goodsell v. State of Arkansas, CACR08-115 (12-17-2008)

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Court reluctantly overturns sexual assault conviction, By John Lyon, Arkansas News Bureau, December 18, 2008

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http://arkansasnews.com/?s=goodsell&x=0&y=0

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