| First Name | Sedrick |
| Last Name | Courtney |
| Year of Conviction | 1996 |
| Year of Exoneration | 2012 |
| State of Conviction | Oklahoma |
| Trial, Bench Trial, or Guilty Plea | Trial |
| Type of Crime | Robbery |
| Death Sentence | No |
| Gender of Exoneree | Male |
| Race of exoneree | Black |
| Juvenile | No |
| Type of Innocence Defense |
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| Description / Quotes from Testimony Concerning Defense | ● Testimony of sister and cousins |
| Did the defendant testify at trial? | Yes |
| 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 | (5) Hair match |
| Brief Quote / Description of Testimony | Analyst testified that the hairs at the scene were not only similar but had an "unusual" characteristic – a hair was short bleached and red – that the defendant’s hairs had. DNA tests were not conducted due to a conclusion that the sample was insufficient. |
| Identity of eyewitness |
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| Unreliable Identification? | Yes ● Stated "it was then" uncertain whether that was the jacket she had seen Sedrick wearing before, but "the more I think about it, I know it is." Could not see much of culprits face due to ski mask covering face almost up to eyes |
| Quotes from testimony #2 | Stated "it was then" uncertain whether that was the jacket she had seen Sedrick wearing before, but "the more I think about it, I know it is." |
| Highest level reached | NR |