STATE v. TOLLIVER

No. ED 81009.

101 S.W.3d 313 (2003)

STATE of Missouri, Respondent, v. Sylvester TOLLIVER, Appellant.

Missouri Court of Appeals, Eastern District, Division Four.

March 25, 2003.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David Hemingway, St. Louis, MO, Susan L. Hogan, Kansas City, MO, for appellant.

John M. Morris, III, Richard A. Starnes (co-counsel), Jefferson City, MO, for respondent.


GLENN A. NORTON, Judge.

Sylvester Tolliver appeals his convictions on two counts of assault in the second degree committed against his girlfriend. Tolliver specifically challenges the admission of his prior convictions for assaulting his girlfriend and of another act of violence towards her; he also complains that the prosecutor improperly commented on his failure to testify. We affirm.

I. BACKGROUND

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