| First Name | Cathy |
| Last Name | Woods |
| Year of Conviction | 1980 |
| Year of Exoneration | 2005 |
| Testing inculpated culprit | Cold Hit |
| State of Conviction | Nevada |
| Trial, Bench Trial, or Guilty Plea | Trial |
| Type of Crime | Murder |
| Death Sentence | No |
| Life / LWOP sentence | Life without parole |
| Gender of Exoneree | Female |
| Race of exoneree | White |
| Juvenile | No |
| Types of evidence at trial |
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| Were non-public facts alleged? | Yes |
| Examples of Non-Public or Corroborated Facts and Inconsistencies | ● Statement included that she offered to help victim fix her car, taken her to a garage, and cut her throat. BUT confessions made at psychiatric hospital. |
| Quotes from prosecution arguments | Apprellate court noted: "The State argued in its opening and closing statements that appellant’s confession had contained information which only the murderer could have known." |
| Interrogation Recorded | Written confession statement |
| 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 | Woods v. State, 696 P.2d 464 (Nev. 1985) |