| First Name | Johnnie |
| Last Name | Lindsey |
| Year of Conviction | 1981 |
| Year of Exoneration | 2009 |
| State of Conviction | Texas |
| Trial, Bench Trial, or Guilty Plea | Trial |
| Type of Crime | Rape |
| Death Sentence | No |
| Life / LWOP sentence | Life |
| Gender of Exoneree | Male |
| Race of exoneree | Black |
| Juvenile | No |
| Type of Innocence Defense |
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| Description / Quotes from Testimony Concerning Defense | ● Defendant’s employer at a laundry testified on his behalf, and said he had been at work the day of the crime, presenting defendant’s time card. |
| Did the defendant testify at trial? | No |
| Types of evidence at trial |
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| Identity of eyewitness |
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| Multiple eyewitnesses | 2 |
| Suggestive Procedures | Yes ● Suggestive line-up – photos included dates of arrest and only two men in photos were shirtless |
| Unreliable Identification? | Yes ● Initial nonidentification |
| Highest level reached | Appeal |
| Claims Raised During All Appeals and Postconviction |
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| Claims granted, resulting in preexon. reversal |
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| Citations to judicial opinions | Lindsey v. State, 672 S.W.2d 892 (Tex. App. 5 Dist.,1984) |