| First Name | Jonny |
| Last Name | Briscoe |
| Year of Conviction | 1983 |
| Year of Exoneration | 2006 |
| Testing inculpated culprit | Cold Hit |
| State of Conviction | Missouri |
| 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 | ● Defendant’s stepfather and nephew both testified that they watched a baseball game on television with the defendant and saw him go to bed ● Defendant’s mother testified that defendant was in bed when she got home at night and was still in bed when she got up early the next morning. |
| Did the defendant testify at trial? | No |
| 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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| Brief Quote / Description of Testimony | The analyst testified that hairs exhibit “similar microscopic characteristics and could have come from the same source.” |
| Identity of eyewitness |
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| Lineup Procedures |
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| Suggestive Procedures | Yes ● Suggestive line-up – only person at line-up with only four people wearing prison jumpsuit , and only person repeated from photo array |
| Quotes from testimony #1 | Q. Okay. And three of the men [at the four-person lineup] have on pants and regular street clothes; is that correct? A. That is correct. Q. Okay. However, Johnny Brisco has a jumpsuit on with pants over it; is that correct? A. That is correct. Q. Now when you viewed that lineup in the city the photos that you were shown, Johnny Brisco is the only person who was in the lineup who was also in this group of photos; is he not? A. Yes. Q. Okay. So there is only one man whose photo you were shown who also appeared in this lineup? A. Yes. |
| Unreliable Identification? | No ● Discrepancy in description – victim did not describe prominent facial hair and gold tooth |
| Highest level reached | Appeal |
| Claims Raised During All Appeals and Postconviction |
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| Citations to judicial opinions | State v. Briscoe, 672 S.W.2d 370 (Mo. App. E.D. 1984) |