First Name | Rickey Dale |
Last Name | Wyatt |
Year of Conviction | 1981 |
Year of Exoneration | 2014 |
State of Conviction | Texas |
Trial, Bench Trial, or Guilty Plea | Trial |
Type of Crime | Rape |
Death Sentence | No |
Gender of Exoneree | Male |
Race of exoneree | Black |
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 | A blood group substances were detected on sheets, “Which means that these could not have originated from Ken Wyniemko because he’s blood type O.” |
Identity of eyewitness |
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Multiple eyewitnesses | 3 |
Highest level reached | State Post Conviction |
Claims Raised During All Appeals and Postconviction |
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Citations to judicial opinions | Ex Parte Wyatt, 2012 WL 1647004 (Tx. Ct. Crim. App 2012) |