First Name | Ricardo |
Last Name | Rachell |
Year of Conviction | 2003 |
Year of Exoneration | 2009 |
Testing inculpated culprit | Cold Hit |
State of Conviction | Texas |
Trial, Bench Trial, or Guilty Plea | Trial |
Type of Crime | Rape |
Death Sentence | No |
Gender of Exoneree | Male |
Race of exoneree | Hispanic |
Juvenile | No |
Types of evidence at trial |
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Identity of eyewitness |
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Multiple eyewitnesses | 2 |
Suggestive Procedures | No transcript |
Unreliable Identification? | No ● Discrepancy in description – victim did not describe facial deformity and significant speech impediment |
Highest level reached | Appeal |