Former 49ers star Dana Stubblefield had his rape conviction overturned over racially discriminatory statements during the trial.

A California appeals court has overturned the rape conviction of former San Francisco 49er Dana Stubblefield after determining prosecutors made racially discriminatory statements during the Black man’s trial.

Former NFL defensive star Dana Stubblefield, who in 2020 was sentenced to 15 years to life for raping a developmentally disabled woman, saw his conviction overturned this week by a California appellate court.

A federal court of appeals has overturned the rape conviction of former 49er Dana Stubblefield. In 2015, Stubblefield was sentenced to 15 years to life in prison after a jury found him guilty of raping a woman who was interviewing for a babysitting job.

Former San Francisco 49ers star Dana Stubblefield’s rape conviction was overturned by an appellate court on Thursday, court documents show. Stubblefield was convicted in 2020 of raping a woman who interviewed to babysit his kids in Morgan Hill in 2015.

More than four years after he was convicted of rape and sentenced to 15 years to life in prison, former NFL defensive lineman Dana Stubblefield has

Dana Stubblefield's 2020 conviction for a 2015 sexual assault is being challenged after the Sixth Court of Appeals found racial bias in the prosecution's language. The California Racial Justice Act of 2020 was violated when prosecutors mentioned the controversy of finding a gun at 'a famous Black man’s house'.