First Name | Randolph |
Last Name | Arledge |
Year of Conviction | 1984 |
Year of Exoneration | 2013 |
Testing inculpated culprit | Cold Hit |
State of Conviction | Texas |
Trial, Bench Trial, or Guilty Plea | Trial |
Type of Crime | Murder |
Death Sentence | No |
Gender of Exoneree | Male |
Race of exoneree | White |
Juvenile | 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 | Fingerprint was not useful for comparison or analysis: “It was more a combination of smudge and with maybe one or two lines of the finger being visible.” |
Jailhouse informant, Co-defendant, Incentivized Witness | IW |
Highest level reached | FederalHabeas |
Claims Raised During All Appeals and Postconviction |
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Harmless Error Rulings |
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Citations to judicial opinions | Arledge v. State, 687 S.W.2d 55 (Ct. Ap. TX 1985) |