Convicting the Innocent
DNA Exonerations Database

Alan Northrop

First Name Alan
Last NameNorthrop
Year of Conviction1993
Year of Exoneration2010
State of ConvictionWashington
Trial, Bench Trial, or Guilty PleaTrial
Type of CrimeRape
Death SentenceNo
Gender of ExonereeMale
Race of exonereeWhite
JuvenileNo
Type of Innocence Defense
  • Alibi
Did the defendant testify at trial?Yes
Types of evidence at trial
  • Eyewitness
Identity of eyewitness
  • Victim
Lineup Procedures
  • Lineup
  • Photo array
Suggestive Procedures

Yes ● Defendants were only individual repeated from photos to live lineup

Unreliable Identification?

Yes ● Victim told policy culprits were blindfolded and she could only see hair color

Highest level reachedAppeal
Claims Raised During All Appeals and Postconviction
  • Brady
  • State Court Newly Discovered Evidence Claim
Citations to judicial opinions

State v. Northrup, 97 Wash.App. 1080 (Wash.App. Div. 2,1999)
State v. Northrup, 5 P.3d 10 (Wash. 2000).

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