| First Name | Kevin Lee |
| Last Name | Green |
| Year of Conviction | 1980 |
| Year of Exoneration | 1996 |
| Testing inculpated culprit | Cold Hit |
| State of Conviction | California |
| Trial, Bench Trial, or Guilty Plea | Trial |
| Type of Crime | Murder |
| Death Sentence | No |
| Gender of Exoneree | Male |
| Race of exoneree | White |
| Juvenile | No |
| Type of Innocence Defense |
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| Description / Quotes from Testimony Concerning Defense | ● Worker at the fast food restaurant testified to seeing defendant at the fast food. ● Prosecution witness police officer testified that the take out food on defendant’s kitchen counter was still warm, which supports defendant’s alibi that he was out getting take out when crime occurred. |
| Did the defendant testify at trial? | Yes |
| Quotes from Exoneree Testimony | “Q: Again referring — this is September 30th — you did not inflict the injury to [the victim]? A: No, I didn’t.” |
| Types of evidence at trial |
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| Identity of eyewitness |
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| Suggestive Procedures | No – eyewitness Acquainted with defendant (her husband) |
| Unreliable Identification? | Yes ● Initial nonidentification – had told police she lost all memory of what transpired |
| Quotes from testimony #2 | “Q: And you lost your memory; is that correct? A: Yes.” |
| Highest level reached | NR |