#546 Jason Flom with David Smith

Wrongful Conviction

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True Crime

4.6 • 5.7K Ratings

🗓️ 10 October 2025

⏱️ 59 minutes

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Summary

On October 15, 2015, Quortnety Tolliver was attacked with a hammer in her home in Ravenna Township, OH. She woke up from a medically induced coma weeks later with absolutely no recollection of the incident. Nevertheless, Portage County detectives pressed her to identify the person they “found out who did this” – 47 year old David Smith. Ms. Tolliver refused to identify Mr. Smith until she faced her own charges and had a dream with Mr. Smith in it, apparently indicating that he was the perpetrator. Based on Ms. Tolliver’s fraught identification alone, a jury convicted Mr. Smith of attempted murder and sentenced him to 22 years in prison.

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0:00.0	The murder of an 18-year-old girl in Graves County, Kentucky, went unsolved for years,
0:09.6	until a local housewife, a journalist, and a handful of girls came forward with a story.
0:16.4	America, y'all better work the hell up.
0:18.1	Bad things happens to good people in small towns.
0:28.1	Listen to Graves County on the IHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcast.
0:34.0	And to binge the entire season, ad free, subscribe to Lava for Good Plus on Apple Podcasts.
0:44.5	On October 16, 2015, 24-year-old Courtney Tolliver was struck by a blunt object in her Portage
0:52.4	County, Ohio Ohio trailer home.
0:55.3	After running to the neighbors for help, she was rushed to the hospital and put into a medically
1:00.1	induced coma. When she regained consciousness, her memory was unclear. Soon, detective suggested
1:06.8	David Smith, a man who had texted her that day, but she said it wasn't David until she was facing her own charges.
1:15.2	Then her memory made room for that possibility.
1:19.7	This is wrongful conviction.
1:26.6	Music Welcome back to Ronful Conviction, where we returned to Portage County, Ohio.
1:36.1	Now, the last time we covered a case out of there was Tyrone Knowling, and that one lives rent-free in my head.
1:42.4	And we're going to link to his story in the episode description.
1:44.8	Tragically, he's still on death row to this very day in Ohio. And we're only aware of the
1:50.5	wrongful conviction epidemic in that state because of the incredible attorneys who also call
1:55.1	Ohio home, not least of which is Kim Kural. Kim, welcome back. Yeah, thanks for having me back.
2:01.3	And she's here to help tell the story of the man himself.
2:04.7	David Smith, thank you for joining us.
2:07.3	Right, thank you.
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