Convicting the Innocent
DNA Exonerations Database

Sedrick Courtney

First Name Sedrick
Last NameCourtney
Year of Conviction1996
Year of Exoneration2012
State of ConvictionOklahoma
Trial, Bench Trial, or Guilty PleaTrial
Type of CrimeRobbery
Death SentenceNo
Gender of ExonereeMale
Race of exonereeBlack
JuvenileNo
Type of Innocence Defense
  • Alibi
Description / Quotes from Testimony Concerning Defense

● Testimony of sister and cousins

Did the defendant testify at trial?Yes
Types of evidence at trial
  • Eyewitness
  • Forensic Evidence
Type of Forensic Evidence
  • Hair
Types of Flawed Forensics
  • Invalid
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
  • Victim
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 reachedNR
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