The neutron decay of high-lying single-particle states in Ni-64, Zr-90
, Sn-120 and (208)pb excited by means of the (alpha,He-3) reaction has
been investigated at 120 MeV incident energy using the multidetector
EDEN. The characteristics of this reaction are studied using inclusive
spectra and angular correlation analysis. The structure located betwe
en 11 and 15 MeV in Zr-91, and between 8 and 12 MeV excitation energy
in Pb-209 display large departures from a pure statistical decay. The
corresponding non-statistical branching ratios are compared with the r
esults of two theoretical calculations.