Convicting the Innocent
DNA Exonerations Database

Robert Wilcoxson

First Name Robert
Last NameWilcoxson
Year of Conviction2002
Year of Exoneration2011
Testing inculpated culpritCold Hit
State of ConvictionNorth Carolina
Trial, Bench Trial, or Guilty PleaGuilty Plea
Type of CrimeMurder
Death SentenceNo
Gender of ExonereeMale
Race of exonereeBlack
JuvenileNo
Types of evidence at trial
  • Eyewitness
  • Forensic Evidence
  • Informant
Type of Forensic Evidence
  • DNA
Types of Flawed Forensics
  • Excluded
  • Valid
Identity of eyewitness
  • Non-victim
Jailhouse informant, Co-defendant, Incentivized WitnessCD
Highest level reachedNR