| First Name | David Allen |
| Last Name | Jones |
| Year of Conviction | 1995 |
| Year of Exoneration | 2004 |
| Testing inculpated culprit | Cold Hit |
| State of Conviction | California |
| Trial, Bench Trial, or Guilty Plea | Trial |
| Type of Crime | Rape and Murder |
| Death Sentence | No |
| Gender of Exoneree | Male |
| Race of exoneree | White |
| Juvenile | No |
| Mentally Ill or Intellectually Disabled | Intellectually Disabled |
| Description / Quotes from Testimony Concerning Defense | ● Missing transcript of defense case |
| 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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| Brief Quote / Description of Testimony | Jones was Type O and testing of all of the rape kits exhibited Type A material |
| Identity of eyewitness |
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| Suggestive Procedures | No – eyewitness Acquainted with defendant |
| Unreliable Identification? | No – though vague description provided |
| Examples of Non-Public or Corroborated Facts and Inconsistencies | ● Location of one crime BUT He denied taking one victim’s clothes off, describes giving that victim money, and being taken to location by the victim |
| Quotes from law enforcement testimony | Use of leading questions apparent from recording: “You remember yesterday we showed you that picture” and that it was “by the water fountain” and “you remember that gate we showed you right there,” finally eliciting only a response from Jones that was transcribed as “This right here (Untranslatable).” “Q. So you got behind her? David Jones: Yeah. Q. And you put your arm over her shoulders like this? David Jones: Yeah. Q. And then you put — so your elbow — so her neck and her face is facing your elbow” David Jones: Yeah.” “Q. What kind of clothes did she have on? David Jones: I think it was black — brown (untranslatable) color. I forgot what color. It was kind of dark — light colors or something. Q. Light colors? David Jones: Yeah. Q. Tan? David Jones: Something like that. But I didn’t pay no attention to what the color was.” |
| Quotes from prosecution arguments | Transcript could not be obtained. At suppression hearing, prosecutor argued he was “volunteering information that probably the detectives wouldn’t have known about but for the actual suspect telling them that information.” |
| Interrogation Recorded | Audio recording of part of interrogation |
| Highest level reached | NR |