Brandon L. Garrett papers

Access and use

Location of collection:
University of Virginia, Special Collections Dept.
Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library
University of Virginia
P.O. Box 400110
160 McCormick Rd
Charlottesville, Virginia 22904-4110
Contact for questions and access:
POC: Brenda Gunn
Phone: (434) 924-1037
Phone: (434) 243-1776
Fax: (434) 924-4968
Terms of access:

Due to the sensitive content of these files, the collection has the following guidelines and restrictions:

1. Case documents and/or direct quotations may be used to illustrate final reports or other publications, but will not contain any identifying victim or witness information. All quotations will be exact reproductions and will contain citations to the record.

2. Names of crime victims and witnesses that are discovered through this resource will not be used or documented in any way, nor will any attempt to contact them be made, with the following exception. Witnesses who testified in their professional capacity (e.g., attorneys, police officers, laboratory analysts, experts, etc.) are not subject to the same protections and may be contacted.

3. For trials involving later-exonerated defendats, that person's background and personal information, including educational, family, medical, and psychiatric history, etc., will not be used or documented, except to state whether mental health issues or mitigating evidence was raised at trial. This restriction applies to, but is not limited to, all documents in the DNA Exoneree Trails Series.

4. Materials in this collection cannot be reproduced.

5. Researchers will be asked to sign a "Researcher Registration Form."

Summary

Extent:
65 Cubic Feet 65 archival cartons
Language:
English

Background

Scope and content:

This is a collection of copies of trial transcripts for criminal state trials, from Virginia, Missouri, Texas, and various other states, compiled by Professor Brandon L. Garrett. About half of the defendants in these cases were DNA exonerees, the most notable case being that of Earl Washington Jr., an African American man from Virginia who was wrongfully convicted of rape and murder, who spent seventeen years in prison and on death row before he was exonerated. The files in which the defendants were exonerated by DNA evidence have copies of forensic reports and police files.

Acquisition information:
This collection was donated to the archives by Brandon L. Garrett in August of 2017.
Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Indexed terms

Subjects:
Criminal justice, Administration of -- Connecticut
Criminal justice, Administration of -- Florida
Criminal justice, Administration of -- California
Criminal justice, Administration of -- Arizona
Criminal justice, Administration of -- Texas
Criminal justice, Administration of -- Louisiana
Criminal justice, Administration of -- Massachusetts
Criminal justice, Administration of -- Maryland
Criminal justice, Administration of -- Michigan
Criminal justice, Administration of -- Nebraska
Criminal justice, Administration of -- Georgia
Criminal justice, Administration of -- Illinois
Criminal justice, Administration of -- Missouri
Criminal justice, Administration of -- New York (State)
Criminal justice, Administration of -- North Carolina
Criminal justice, Administration of -- Pennsylvania
Criminal justice, Administration of -- Virginia
Criminal justice, Administration of -- Oklahoma
Criminal justice, Administration of -- Ohio
Criminal justice, Administration of -- West Virginia
Criminal justice, Administration of -- United States -- Cases
Forensic genetics
Names:
Barbour, Bennett Stanley
Beaver, Antonio
Beeks, Kimberly
Beeks, Raymond, Jr.
Beeks, Emily J.
Beltran, Manuel, Jr.
Blair, Michael Nawee
Bonner, George Franklin
Boudreaux, Jimmie Joseph
Brisco, Johnny
Brown, Johnny
Brown, Roy A.
Callace, Leonard
Capozzi, Anthony
Carter, Ted Vincent
Charles, Clyde
Chatman, Charles Allen
Clark, Freddie Lee
Cole, Timothy Brian
Cook, John Charles
Cowan, J. C.
Danziger, Richard
Davidson, Willie
Davis, Cody Edward
Davis, Dewey Clyde
Davis, Gerald W.
Dillon, William Michael
Dotson, Gary
Drummond, Michael Anthony
Edwards, James L.
Elvira, Francisco T.
Ervin, Kevin C.
Evans, Jerry Lee
Fears, Joseph R.
Foppiano, Scott
Ford, Kevin
Fountain, Edward Wiley, Jr.
Fras, Rick Edmund
Garrett, Marcus Valentino
Garrett, Brandon L.
Gibson, Willie
Giles, James Curtis
Good, Donald Wayne
Goodwin, Gilbert R.
Gossett, Andrew William
Gray, Anthony
Hamilton, Fred
Harris, William O'Dell
Harrison, Clarence
Harvey, Joseph
Henton, Eugene Ivory
Hierholzen, Rebecca
Higgins, Harold Leon
Hill, Dudley J., Jr.
Holland, Dana
Jackson, Willie
James, Calvin
Jean, Lesly
Jeffrey, Robert K.
Jimenez, Edmond
Johnson, Victor Salvadore
Jones, Daniel O.
Jones, David Allen
Karage, Entre Nax
Laughman, Barry James
Lincecum, Kevin Wayne
Lindsey, Johnnie Earl
Lloyd, Edie Joe
Mahar, Dennis
Marcel, Michael
Martin, Perry
Massey, Eric
McClendon, Robert L.
Miller , Billy Wayne
Mitchell, Marvin
Moore, Curtis Jasper
Morgan, Xenia Uzelia
Nelson, Bruce
Norris, Alphonse
Ochoa, James
O'Donnell, James
Ollins, Larry
Ollins, Calvin
Pope, David Shawn
Ragin, John Moses
Raine, Robert David
Rodgers, Kevin Jamal
Rollins, Lafonso
Roman, Miguel
Saltzman, Robert
Sanders, Omar
Saunders, Alva A.
Savernia, Carlos
Sapien, Raymundo
Smith, Billy James
Snyder, Walter T.
Spencer, Timothy Wilson
Tate, Donald Lee
Tellez, Ronald
Thomas, Earl
Turner, Keith Edward
Vasques, David
Vasquez, Jerry Lee
Waller, Patrick Leondos
Waller, James Douglas
Wallis, Gregory Wayne
Walsh, Thomas P.
Walton, Carl Lee
Washington, Earl, Jr.
Washington, Stanley T.
Water, Kenneth
Webb, Mark Amos
Webster, Bernard
White, Joseph Edgar
Whitefield, Arthur Lee
Wickizer, Norman E.
Williams, Willie Otis
Williamson, Ronald Keith
Wilson, Kareem Jabbar
Woodard, James Lee
Yarris, Nicholas
Cotton, Ronald, Jr.