State v. Smith

(dissenting) — I am not in accord with the basis upon which the decision of this case is founded, and think the judgment should be reversed and the appellant granted a new trial unless this court concludes that State v. Acklus, 126 Wash. 65, 217 Pac. 61, should be overruled.

It is a well-established rule in this state that, unless an objection made to testimony of a witness is sufficiently definite to call the attention of the trial court to the particular ground upon which it is based, error cannot be predicated thereon. Urquhart v. Coss, 60 Wash. 249, 110 Pac. 1001; State v. Spangler, 92…