| First Name | Terry |
| Last Name | Chalmers |
| Year of Conviction | 1987 |
| Year of Exoneration | 1995 |
| State of Conviction | New York |
| Trial, Bench Trial, or Guilty Plea | Trial |
| Type of Crime | Rape |
| Death Sentence | No |
| Gender of Exoneree | Male |
| Race of exoneree | Black |
| Juvenile | No |
| Did the defendant testify at trial? | No |
| Types of evidence at trial |
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| Identity of eyewitness |
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| Lineup Procedures |
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| Suggestive Procedures | Yes ● Suggestive remarks – detective told victim she had identified the same person in each procedure ● Defendant repeated in four separate procedures ● Suggestive line-up – defendant was the only one wearing a bright shirt |
| Quotes from testimony #1 | Q. After you viewed that [second] lineup do you remember Detective Rondina or one of the detectives telling you that you picked out the same person all along in the three prior photographic procedures, the three prior identification procedures? A. At the moment that I identified him, no. It was after when I was sitting down and talking to them that, yes, he told me that. |
| Unreliable Identification? | Yes ● Initially uncertain of i.d. ● Initial nonidentification – victim initially picked defendant and one other person |
| Quotes from testimony #2 | Q: As I understand it, you put a number down on the sheet supplied to you by the police officer conducting the lineup. A: Yes I did. Q: What else did you put down? A: I put down I was unsure." "Q: And you observed at the time, did you not, that Anthony, the person that you saw in the lineup and the person that you pointed to and picked out in the second lineup, was heavier or fatter I think is the word you used, fatter than the person who did this thing to you in December of 1983, right? A: Yes." |
| Highest level reached | Appeal |
| Claims Raised During All Appeals and Postconviction |
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| Harmless Error Rulings |
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| Citations to judicial opinions | People v. Chalmers, 163 A.D.2d 528 (N.Y. App. Div. 2 Dept. 1990) |