First Name | Michael |
Last Name | Marshall |
Year of Conviction | 2008 |
Year of Exoneration | 2009 |
Testing inculpated culprit | Cold Hit |
State of Conviction | Georgia |
Trial, Bench Trial, or Guilty Plea | Guilty Plea |
Type of Crime | Robbery |
Death Sentence | No |
Gender of Exoneree | Male |
Race of exoneree | Black |
Juvenile | No |
Types of evidence at trial |
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Identity of eyewitness |
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Lineup Procedures |
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Suggestive Procedures | Yes ● Show-up |
Quotes from testimony #1 | Eyewitness was asked, “Did I have a little free time to run by there to identify the gentleman that might be the one that had robbed my mom or took her car.” Show was conducted days after the incident and "while the defendant was in hand cuffs and lying on the ground surrounded by officers.” |
Unreliable Identification? | Yes ● Initial nonidentification |
Quotes from testimony #2 | In addition, the description of the suspect was very vague, simply a black man, or a skinny black man with short hair |
Highest level reached | NR |