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) |