Nearly 30 Years Later, Pastor Who Spent 8 Years In Prison For Robbery He Didn't Commit Has His Sentence Vacate
Aug 12, 2022OUTCOME: Exoneration
A pastor who served eight years in prison as a teen for robbery has been exonerated by a Pitt County judge. Nearly 20 years after being freed, the Winterville Police Department released fingerprint evi ... dence that clears his name of the crime. A motion for appropriate relief was filed in June of 2021 by the victim's attorneys, including Micheal Littlejohn Jr. of Littlejohn Law. The motion said that fingerprint evidence had never been disclosed to his client's 1994 defense along with other circumstances that would have lent a “reasonable probability” to the jury’s returning a different verdict. Through the attorneys investigation, they found that Fresh Way stores offered no training to identify armed robbery suspects. The former CEO of Fresh Way told them he did not recall hiring any security consultants. The District Attorney said the fingerprint evidence never being provided violated constitutional rights under Brady v. Maryland and that the prints did not match. For more, click here: https://www.reflector.com/news/local/winterville-pastor-exonerated-for-1993-armed-robbery/article_9be4b2ee-9afe-5ca2-a64e-456d9e9910bd.html