| First Name | Robert Lee |
| Last Name | Stinson |
| Year of Conviction | 1985 |
| Year of Exoneration | 2009 |
| Testing inculpated culprit | Cold Hit |
| State of Conviction | Wisconsin |
| Trial, Bench Trial, or Guilty Plea | Trial |
| Type of Crime | Murder |
| Death Sentence | No |
| Life / LWOP sentence | Life |
| Gender of Exoneree | Male |
| Race of exoneree | Black |
| Juvenile | No |
| Type of Innocence Defense |
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| Description / Quotes from Testimony Concerning Defense | ● Alibi witnesses described defendant having been with them at a party the night of the crime. |
| Did the defendant testify at trial? | Yes |
| Quotes from Exoneree Testimony | Defendant described his alibi and claimed innocence. |
| 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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| Reason why invalid | -6 |
| Brief Quote / Description of Testimony | The analyst testified that “there was no question that there was a match to a reasonable scientific certainty” that features in the bite marks were “unusual and remarkable,” and “They would have to have been made by Robert Lee Stinson.” |
| Highest level reached | Appeal |
| Claims Raised During All Appeals and Postconviction |
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| Harmless Error Rulings |
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| Citations to judicial opinions | State v. Stinson, 397 N.W.2d 136 (Wis. App. 1986) |