Edwin Davila nervously waited about 90 minutes in court on Tuesday until an assistant state’s attorney arrived and made an announcement he’s awaited for more than two decades.
Cook County prosecutors said the office would not oppose Davila’s post-conviction relief petition asking a court to undo convictions for a 1995 murder, as the 48-year-old man long maintained that he was framed by disgraced former Chicago police Detective Reynaldo Guevara.
But Davila was left with mixed feelings: He has long sought a reversal in his case, but it came too late — He finished serving his sentence more than two years ago.“I always thought I was going to come home sooner,” he said. “Why did it take so long?” Davila argued in the petition that he was framed when he, at 21, was convicted of the 1995 killing of Jaime Alvarez. He had an alibi and no physical evidence connected him to the crime, the petition said.Edwin Davila celebrates his exoneration on Nov. 15, 2022, in Chicago.
He is among dozens who have accused Guevara of fabricating evidence to frame them for crimes they did not commit throughout his career with the Police Department. Thirty-five murder convictions in cases investigated by Guevara have been vacated, according to Davila’s petition.Chicago Tribune editors' top story picks, delivered to your inbox each afternoon.
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