Tim’s Story–Short biography of Timothy Patrick Guilfoy of Kirkwood, MO. Safety Nets with Holes–Read how every level of law enforcement failed in this case. In this instance we have a detective who decided he was guilty right away and structured Read More ...
Kathleen Zellner files habeus brief for Timothy Patrick Guilfoy Update 1/24: 6th Circuit Appeals denies Federal Habeus case with no explanation. Tim files pro se as his own attorney to have appeal heard en banc. December 2023/January 2024–Kathleen Zellner and associates withdraw from Read More ...
Read Tim’s new petition for new evidence of innocence, filed December ’24
Sixth Circuit Court of Federal Appeals denies Tim’s federal appeal, Zellner and Associates must withdraw from Tim’s case, Tim now acts pro se as his own attorney and files new appeal Jan 2024
Also check out the podcast “Innocence in Nashville: The Tim Guilfoy Story” (2 episodes)
Jan 2024: Tim acts as his own attorney for new appeal
Timothy P. Guilfoy is an actually innocent man serving a 40 year sentence in Tennessee for child sex abuse crimes that never occurred. He was an entrepreneur who was maliciously ensnared into a State-sponsored witch hunt and deprived of every civil right from that point on:
The accuser was renting a house from Tim but was $3,000 in debt for back rent
The accuser was going to be evicted on the day Tim was arrested
The accuser stayed in the house for another three months without paying any debt or rent
The accuser received $14,000 worth of benefits from making the accusation that Tim raped her kids
There is no physical evidence of any kind, no DNA or forensic testing was even attempted
The police investigation was incomplete and took less than 48 hours from report to arrest
The detective on the case did not investigate the rental relationship at all, initially lied that she did
The detective adopted immediate tunnel vision that Tim was guilty
The detective secretly used the Reid Technique on Tim through a phone call from the accuser
The detective misrepresented Tim’s statements on a phone call to a judge to secure an unjust warrant
The detective left the force a few years later for photographic proof of improper conduct with a minor
The prosecutors enabled the accusers to lie on the stand and hid exculpatory witnesses
The children never described grooming, sexual behavior, or consistent details of their abuse by Tim
The children said they weren’t and aren’t afraid of Tim, that they liked him and still do
The accusations developed by leading questioning were that Tim entered their bed, touched their privates, and that’s it and all they can remember, each time while the small house was brimming with other adults
Tim had alibis for dates abuse was alleged with credit card receipts and work records
The first jury was unable to come to a verdict
The second jury cited secretly shown videos unseen by Tim in the jury room as the reason for their vote to convict
The prosecutor resigned during an investigation into her ethical conduct in office
The State of Tennessee has been extremely inventive in denying Tim all State appeals
We filed a petition in Judge Monte Watkin’s court for a writ of error coram nobis, exposing that the jury saw videos not entered into evidence. Read the writ here. This petition was denied by all Tennessee State courts in August 2018.
Ben Perry added as attorney pro hac vice January 2019 for Federal district of Central Tennessee
Federal Habeus Corpus submission complete June 2020
Next step: Awaiting response from Federal Judge Eli Richardson
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