From news report:
DALLAS (AP) — The Innocence Project of Texas says a man serving 99 years in prison for a 1994 purse snatching and two other men convicted of the crime will be exonerated.
A judge in Dallas on Friday is scheduled to formally declare the trio innocent.
Darryl Washington, Marcus Lashun Smith andShakara Robertson were arrested in November 1994 and charged with aggravated robbery of an elderly person.
A jury convicted Washington and he was sentenced to 99 years. Washington remains in custody. Smith and Robertson accepted plea deals for probation.
The Innocence Project says witnesses erroneously identified the men.
A judge last month held a hearing where four other men confessed to the robbery. The judge agreed with prosecutors who reviewed the case and concluded that Washington, Smith and Robertson are innocent.
