Opinion ID: 1305836
Heading Depth: 1
Heading Rank: 18

Heading: Testimony of Tammy Lynn Tolley

Text: Williams maintains that the court erred in the manner in which it permitted Tammy Lynn Tolley to identify him as one of the two men from whom she bought some of the Kellers' property on the day after the Kellers were murdered. When Tolley began testifying, she could not identify Williams by looking at persons in the courtroom. However, over Williams's objection, she identified a photograph of him that had been shown to her shortly after she had bought some of the stolen property. Later, while responding to a question on another subject, Tolley volunteered, That's the guy right over there. I didn't see him sitting over there. The Commonwealth's attorney responded, After looking at him, she identified him, and Tolley said, I mean, I looked out there. I didn't look up here. We do not agree with Williams's contention that this was another effort to rehabilitate the witness prior to cross-examination. Rather, it was a permissible examination to establish that, on a prior occasion, Tolley had identified Williams as one of the men from whom she bought some of the Kellers' property.