First Name | Donte |
Last Name | Booker |
Year of Conviction | 1987 |
Year of Exoneration | 2005 |
Testing inculpated culprit | Cold Hit |
State of Conviction | Ohio |
Trial, Bench Trial, or Guilty Plea | Trial |
Type of Crime | Rape |
Death Sentence | No |
Gender of Exoneree | Male |
Race of exoneree | Black |
Juvenile | No |
Type of Innocence Defense |
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Description / Quotes from Testimony Concerning Defense | No transcript |
Did the defendant testify at trial? | Yes |
Quotes from Exoneree Testimony | No transcript |
Types of evidence at trial |
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Type of Forensic Evidence |
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Types of Flawed Forensics |
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Identity of eyewitness |
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Lineup Procedures |
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Suggestive Procedures | No transcript |
Highest level reached | Appeal |
Claims Raised During All Appeals and Postconviction |
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Harmless Error Rulings |
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Citations to judicial opinions | State v. Booker, 1988 WL 86417 (Ohio App. 8 Dist 1988) |