Johnson v. State

Appellant, Alfred Jerome Johnson, was tried on March 13, 1969 in the Criminal Court of Baltimore by a jury, .Judge Basil A. Thomas presiding, for robbery with a deadly weapon. He was convicted and was sentenced to twenty years under the direction of the Department of Correctional Services. Appellant presents seven questions on appeal:

I Was the conduct of the prosecuting attorney so prejudicial as to deprive the appellant of a fair trial ?

A. Did the prosecuting attorney ask leading questions and repeat the answers of the State’s witnesses and thus unfairly prejudice the jury against the…