| First Name | Maurice |
| Last Name | Patterson |
| Year of Conviction | 2003 |
| Year of Exoneration | 2010 |
| Testing inculpated culprit | Cold Hit |
| State of Conviction | Illinois |
| Trial, Bench Trial, or Guilty Plea | Trial |
| Type of Crime | Murder |
| Death Sentence | No |
| Gender of Exoneree | Male |
| Race of exoneree | Black |
| Juvenile | No |
| 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 | DNA testing on knife excluded defendant, but the fact that this was probative, since the victim’s blood had also been identified on the knife, was not disclosed to the defense |
| Identity of eyewitness |
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| Multiple eyewitnesses | 4 |
| Highest level reached | NR |