Billy Wayne Miller

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Charge:	Sexual Assault (includes aggravated)
Sentence:	Life Imprisonment
Years Imprisoned:	22.58
Year Crime:	1983
Year Convicted:	1984
Year Cleared:	2006
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	Texas
County or Region of Crime:	Dallas
City of Crime:	Dallas
Result:	Pardoned
Summary of Case:	"Billy Wayne Miller was wrongly convicted in 1984 of abducting and sexually assaulting a woman in 1983, based on the victim's identification of Miller as her assailant. In 2005 Billy Wayne Miller was excluded as the assailant by DNA testing unavailable at the time of his conviction. Released from prison in May 2006 after being wrongly imprisoned for 22 years"
Conviction Caused By:	Erroneous eyewitness identification by the victim.
Innocence Proved By:	In 2005 Billy Wayne Miller was excluded as the assailant by DNA testing unavailable at the time of his conviction.
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Compensation Awarded:	"$500,000 lump sum payment plus $11,022.69 monthly annuity (State of Texas, 4-10-2008)"
Was Perpetrator Identified?
Age When Imprisoned:	31
Age When Released:	53
Sex:	Male
Skin/Ethnicity:	Black
Information Source 1:	"Old cases back to haunt county, By Steve McGonigle, Dallas Morning News, January 22, 2007"
Information Location 1:	http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/news/localnews/stories/012207dnmetexoneration.203a0e8.html
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Billy Wayne Miller

Charge:

Sexual Assault (includes aggravated)

Sentence:

Life Imprisonment

Years Imprisoned:

22.58

Year Crime:

1983

Year Convicted:

1984

Year Cleared:

2006

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

Texas

County or Region of Crime:

Dallas

City of Crime:

Dallas

Result:

Pardoned

Summary of Case:

Conviction Caused By:

Erroneous eyewitness identification by the victim.

Innocence Proved By:

In 2005 Billy Wayne Miller was excluded as the assailant by DNA testing unavailable at the time of his conviction.

Defendant Aided By:

Compensation Awarded:

"$500,000 lump sum payment plus $11,022.69 monthly annuity (State of Texas, 4-10-2008)"

Was Perpetrator Identified?

Age When Imprisoned:

31

Age When Released:

53

Sex:

Male

Skin/Ethnicity:

Black

Information Source 1:

"Old cases back to haunt county, By Steve McGonigle, Dallas Morning News, January 22, 2007"

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http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/news/localnews/stories/012207dnmetexoneration.203a0e8.html

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http://www.innocenceproject.org/case/display_profile.php?id=192

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