Tolliver v. State

OPINION

BRADFORD, Judge.

Appellant-Defendant - Theotis Tolliver appeals his conviction, following a jury trial, for Murder, a felony, 1 and the finding that he is a Habitual Offender. 2 Upon appeal, Tolliver challenges his conviction and habitual offender status by claiming the trial court erred on the following grounds: (1) by permitting a police officer to testify, based upon the victim's body language, about what Tolliver alleges to be the "cooperative and truthful" nature of certain statements by the victim; (2) by allowing into evidence certain victim statements as statements against…