John Willis

First Name	John
Last Name	Willis
Year of Conviction	1992
Year of Exoneration	1999
Testing inculpated culprit	Cold Hit
State of Conviction	Illinois
Trial, Bench Trial, or Guilty Plea	Trial
Type of Crime	Rape
Death Sentence	No
Gender of Exoneree	Male
Race of exoneree	Black
Juvenile	No
Types of evidence at trial	Eyewitness Forensic Evidence
Type of Forensic Evidence	Serology
Types of Flawed Forensics	No Transcript Not Disclosed
Brief Quote / Description of Testimony	No transcript was obtained, but according to news reports, the analyst failed to disclose that sufficent generic material was present to conduct DNA testing at the time of trial.
Identity of eyewitness	Cross Racial Identification Victim
Multiple eyewitnesses	2
Suggestive Procedures	No transcript
Highest level reached	State Post Conviction
Claims Raised During All Appeals and Postconviction	Motion for DNA Testing State Court Newly Discovered Evidence Claim State Law Evidence Claim
Citations to judicial opinions	People v. Willis, 284 Ill.App.3d 1125 (Ill.App. 1 Dist. 1996) People v. Willis, 173 Ill.2d 545, 226 Ill.Dec. 138, (Ill. 1997.)