| First Name | Steven |
| Last Name | Toney |
| Year of Conviction | 1983 |
| Year of Exoneration | 1996 |
| State of Conviction | Missouri |
| Trial, Bench Trial, or Guilty Plea | Trial |
| Type of Crime | Rape |
| Death Sentence | No |
| Life / LWOP sentence | Life |
| Gender of Exoneree | Male |
| Race of exoneree | Black |
| Juvenile | No |
| Description / Quotes from Testimony Concerning Defense | Missing trial transcript of defense case |
| Types of evidence at trial |
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| Identity of eyewitness |
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| Multiple eyewitnesses | 2 |
| Lineup Procedures |
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| Suggestive Procedures | Yes ● Suggestive line-up – only four photos in array and defendant’s photo was the only one repeated ● Victim not told attacker might not be present |
| Quotes from testimony #1 | “Q: What did she ask you when she showed you the set of photographs? A: If any of these were the one of the men that attacked me.” Officer showed victim only four photos in photo array. He was then the only person repeated in a live-line-up, which the victim requested “because sometimes photos don’t do the person justice.” |
| Unreliable Identification? | Yes ● Initially uncertain ● Discrepancies in description – age, height, skin color, teeth, facial hair |
| Quotes from testimony #2 | Victim described a man who was “A black male. Five eight to five ten. Medium, husky build. Short hair. Piercing eyes. |
| Highest level reached | FederalHabeas |
| Claims Raised During All Appeals and Postconviction |
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| Harmless Error Rulings |
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| Citations to judicial opinions | State v. Toney, 680 S.W.2d 268 (Mo. App. E.D. 1984.) |