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A man in prison for a fatal robbery on the West Side is asking a Cook County judge to toss out his conviction, saying in a petition Thursday he should be freed as his co-defendant Xavier Walker was.
Jovanie Long, 41, says Chicago police detectives roughed him up to extract a false confession to the 2000 shooting and that his trial lawyer made errors in representing him, including failing to enter photos of his injuries into evidence and not calling witnesses to support his alibi.
“The conviction of Mr. Long and Mr. Walker rested entirely on the credibility of the officers and whether the court believed the signed false confessions of both men,” said Long’s attorney, Jarrett Adams, who is seeking a new trial for Long.