Derrick Williams

First Name	Derrick
Last Name	Williams
Year of Conviction	1993
Year of Exoneration	2011
State of Conviction	Florida
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
Types of evidence at trial	Eyewitness Forensic Evidence
Type of Forensic Evidence	Hair
Types of Flawed Forensics	Excluded Valid
Brief Quote / Description of Testimony	Hairs excluded defendant
Identity of eyewitness	Cross Racial Identification Victim
Highest level reached	Appeal
Claims Raised During All Appeals and Postconviction	Sentencing — Noncapital
Citations to judicial opinions	Williams v. State, 685 So.2d 55 (Fla.App. 2 Dist.,1996) Williams v. State, 667 So.2d 941 (Fla.App. 2 Dist. 1996)