Lanell "Country" Downing probably values his cell phone more than any high-powered executive in Midtown. He might even like his phone more than people who insist on using them as a DJ booth while on the bus. Downing loves his phone because his cell records were the deciding factor for police dropping robbery charges against the 26-year-old Brooklyn resident.

In April of 2010, Downing was sentenced to jail for a string of robberies in East Flatbush. The crimes were brutal too - in two cases the assailant hit women with a gun, and in another the attacker held-up a 75-year-old woman at gun point. Police arrested Downing in connection to these crimes after someone tipped police off after seeing a sketch that looked almost identical to Downing.

Downing then spent seven months in jail before his defense lawyer, Jay Schwitzman, reviewed Downing's cell phone records, which placed him at another location when the crimes were committed. Schwitzman added that there wasn't any physical evidence and Downing had even passed a lie detector test. "It really shows how [witness] identification in general is a very dangerous process because people often misidentify," said Schwitzman.

For a guy who just spent seven months in jail for crimes he didn't commit because someone thought he looked like a police doodle, Downing sounded remarkably upbeat after being released. He even thanked prosecutors, before adding, "I'm glad it's over."