First Name | Billy Wayne |
Last Name | Miller |
Year of Conviction | 1984 |
Year of Exoneration | 2006 |
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 housemate testified that defendant was home throughout the evening when the crime occurred. |
Did the defendant testify at trial? | No |
Types of evidence at trial |
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Identity of eyewitness |
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Suggestive Procedures | Yes ● Show-up – in-court – police conducted no pretrial identification procedures |
Unreliable Identification? | No |
Highest level reached | NR |