| First Name | Bobby Ray |
| Last Name | Dixon |
| Year of Conviction | 1980 |
| Year of Exoneration | 2010 |
| Testing inculpated culprit | Cold Hit |
| State of Conviction | Mississippi |
| Trial, Bench Trial, or Guilty Plea | Guilty Plea |
| Type of Crime | Rape and Murder |
| Death Sentence | No |
| Life / LWOP sentence | Life |
| Gender of Exoneree | Male |
| Race of exoneree | Black |
| Juvenile | No |
| Mentally Ill or Intellectually Disabled | Intellectually Disabled |
| Types of evidence at trial |
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| Were non-public facts alleged? | Yes |
| Examples of Non-Public or Corroborated Facts and Inconsistencies | ● Three culprits knocked on door; victim came to door, one went behind the house through back door and let = other two in; ● Victim raped by other two culprits ● One cut her across the throat and the other cut her on the stomach ● Took officers to shack where the culprits allegedly went after murder and found a pair of pants and a sweatshirt in a plastic bag BUT ● Testified that he testified differently on different occasions concerning the details, including who cut the victim’s throat. He testified at Ruffin’s trial that was forced to confess: ““To tell you the truth, you said that I was there and which you wouldn’t let me bring the word out..” And “my mind comes and goes, and I don’t like to see nobody took away for nothing they ain’t done.” |
| Quotes from law enforcement testimony | Guilty Plea – No trial. |
| Quotes from prosecution arguments | Guilty Plea – No trial. |
| Interrogation Recorded | Video recording of part of interrogation |
| Highest level reached | NR |