Don Tolliver Case Report

Don Tolliver, a single father was accused of shooting his girlfriend in 2011 while his children was upstairs asleep, married twice, working 60 to 70 hour work weeks for twelve years the sole provider of four children. No domestic violence in his background, testifying in court, I was afraid of her, they had lived together four months . Sworn afiddavits can prove physical violence patterns of the troubled woman's life, reporting abuse repeatedly in relationships. On December 28, 2011 Don visibly shook at the police station after his arrest, cried I did not shoot her, hospitalized the victim stood in our parents' driveway a short time later, a band-aid on her neck and claiming I did it he was leaving me, I am going to have the charges dropped.

He kept a loaded gun in the kitchen drawer for his two young sons to play with. He hardly worked implying Don lived off of her.The prosecutor charged Don shoot her, ran downstairs, laid the golves neatly side by side on the bed before leaving The public defender sat doodling 90% of the trial, called no one in Don's defence, even when his twelve-year old daughter that lived with him wanted to testify. Don argued it could not have happened that way, he is right, few objections raised, after telling Don just agree, act remorseful. The closing statement, " Do the right thing." Confident before the trial revealing ever-changing afidats by the "victim", someone caught puttig false information in the case file. The jury came back with a guilty verdict, sentence 35 years. Why? A folder hidden under a shirt points to a crime commited, rape counseling , love letters reveal hopes from a female employeed by Delaware County Sheriff office copies initailed by the sheriff, complaints from inmates confirmed a women in love. Don describing how his life was a living hell. The district attorneys office turned down requests for an