Convicting the Innocent
DNA Exonerations Database

Armand Villasana

First Name Armand
Last NameVillasana
Year of Conviction1999
Year of Exoneration2000
Testing inculpated culpritCold Hit
State of ConvictionMissouri
Trial, Bench Trial, or Guilty PleaTrial
Type of CrimeRape
Death SentenceNo
Gender of ExonereeMale
Race of exonereeHispanic
JuvenileNo
Types of evidence at trial
  • Eyewitness
Identity of eyewitness
  • Cross Racial Identification
  • Victim
Lineup Procedures
  • Composite drawing
  • Lineup
Suggestive Procedures

No transcript (But according to reports, defendant was the only Hispanic person in line-up)

Highest level reachedNR
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