| First Name | Robert |
| Last Name | Taylor |
| Year of Conviction | 1997 |
| Year of Exoneration | 2011 |
| Testing inculpated culprit | Cold Hit |
| State of Conviction | Illinois |
| Trial, Bench Trial, or Guilty Plea | Trial |
| Type of Crime | Rape and Murder |
| Death Sentence | No |
| Gender of Exoneree | Male |
| Race of exoneree | Black |
| Juvenile | Yes |
| Types of evidence at trial |
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| Were non-public facts alleged? | Yes |
| Type of Forensic Evidence |
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| Types of Flawed Forensics |
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| Examples of Non-Public or Corroborated Facts and Inconsistencies | ● Group drove victim to field near expressway. ● Victim punched in mouth and something put in victim’s mouth ● Victim raped ● Victim shot in face ● Victim was wearing baseball team shirt, blue and white, blue jeans. Shirt ripped off victim. |
| Quotes from prosecution arguments | "They have no reason to bring poor little Robert Taylor into this unless it were true. And it’s true. And we know it’s true. Like my partner told you, everything they described, the location of the murder.” |
| Interrogation Recorded | Written and signed confession statement |
| Highest level reached | State Post Conviction |
| Claims Raised During All Appeals and Postconviction |
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| Harmless Error Rulings |
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| Citations to judicial opinions | People v. Barr & |