| First Name | Larry |
| Last Name | Holdren |
| Year of Conviction | 1984 |
| Year of Exoneration | 2000 |
| State of Conviction | West Virginia |
| Trial, Bench Trial, or Guilty Plea | Trial |
| Type of Crime | Rape |
| Death Sentence | No |
| Gender of Exoneree | Male |
| Race of exoneree | White |
| Juvenile | No |
| Type of Innocence Defense |
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| Description / Quotes from Testimony Concerning Defense | ● Missing testimony from defense case, but apparently family members testified he was at home at the time of the crime. |
| Did the defendant testify at trial? | No |
| 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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| Brief Quote / Description of Testimony | Testing for seminal fluid inconclusive or negative. |
| Identity of eyewitness |
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| Multiple eyewitnesses | 2 |
| Lineup Procedures |
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| Suggestive Procedures | Yes ● Suggestive lineup – 3 of 5 photos were wrong hair color, other photo was D’s twin but a wrinkled photo; defendant’s photo was repeated in two separate photo arrays |
| Quotes from testimony #1 | The Judge commented – “This is not a very good photo array… I do think that this — that there is a suggestive aspect of the photo array.” |
| Unreliable Identification? | Yes ● Discrepancies in description –hair ● Initially uncertain (the second witness) |
| Quotes from testimony #2 | Victim said attacker “had dirty blond hair” that was “longer than it is right now.” Officer testified that Holdren had hair that was “brown” or hair that “could be” black. Victim had described attacker as “cleancut” while Holdren had a beard and mustache. Second eyewitness was not certain andtestified “When I picked that photograph out, I believe I said that is similar to him or a good likeness or resembles him or however I said it” |
| Highest level reached | FederalHabeas |
| Claims Raised During All Appeals and Postconviction |
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| Harmless Error Rulings |
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| Citations to judicial opinions | Holdren v. Legursky, 16 F.3d 57 (4th Cir. 1994) |