| First Name | Christopher |
| Last Name | Ochoa |
| Year of Conviction | 1989 |
| Year of Exoneration | 2002 |
| Testing inculpated culprit | Non-Cold Hit |
| State of Conviction | Texas |
| Trial, Bench Trial, or Guilty Plea | Guilty Plea |
| Type of Crime | Rape and Murder |
| Death Sentence | No |
| Life / LWOP sentence | Life |
| Gender of Exoneree | Male |
| Race of exoneree | Hispanic |
| Juvenile | No |
| Types of evidence at trial |
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| Were non-public facts alleged? | Yes |
| Type of Forensic Evidence |
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| Types of Flawed Forensics |
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| Brief Quote / Description of Testimony | See Danziger regarding invalid analysis in co-defendant’s case. |
| Examples of Non-Public or Corroborated Facts and Inconsistencies | ● Victim was shot one time in the “back of the left side of her head” ● Victim was shot while kneeling on her knees ● Victim’s hands were tied behind her back with her bra and her ankles tied together with her blouse, her mouth gagged with her scarf. ● The water from the sink in the women’s bathroom was left running ● That sink was clogged with aprons. ● The restaurant had been wiped down to prevent leaving any fingerprint evidence. BUT he incorrectly described the gun used and how he gained entry to the restaurant. |
| Quotes from law enforcement testimony | Guilty plea – no trial. But testified in trial of Richard Danziger. Ochoa described his own interrogation and stated: “Q. Did anyone in the Police Department tell you the facts of this crime so that you could make these statements? A. No, they did not.” |
| Interrogation Recorded | Audio recordong of part of interrogation |
| Highest level reached | NR |