Oliver Lee Davis

Race:Black
Era:1970s
State:Texas
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Biography

The Militant identifies Oliver Lee Davis as a Texas prisoner serving a nineteen-year robbery sentence whose request for a new trial was denied. The paper supported his innocence claim and reported a further sexual-assault accusation after a year in prison. The nominal nineteen years is not a verified completed custody duration. Exact admission and release dates are unstated. The Militant, August 26, 1977, volume41number31, original PDF page 2. Source: https://www.themilitant.com/1977/4131/MIL4131.pdf#page=2

A July 1977 report described Alvin Lee Bailey’s sworn statement placing Davis in his own cell during the alleged assault and helping Bailey afterward. It attributed the prosecution to racist retaliation by jail officials; these remain reported allegations, not an exoneration.

Federal Judicial Center, registry 2787, pages 27.

Cases

Charges: Robbery conviction; innocence claim supported by The Militant
Arrested: 1974
Sentence: The Militant identifies Oliver Lee Davis as a Texas prisoner serving a nineteen-year robbery sentence whose request for a new trial was denied. The paper supported his innocence claim and reported a further sexual-assault accusation after a year in prison. The nominal nineteen years is not a verified completed custody duration. Exact admission and release dates are unstated. The Militant, August 26, 1977, volume41number31, original PDF page 2. Source: https://www.themilitant.com/1977/4131/MIL4131.pdf#page=2
Charges: Sexual assault of two prisoners in Ellis County Jail, Waxahachie; 1975 prosecution challenged as racially retaliatory
Sentence: Ninety-nine years imposed; completed custody duration unknown. This prosecution arose while Davis was already jailed on the separate robbery charge.
Convicted: Yes

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