Nobles v. State

Special ground 1 complains of the admission of testimony, over the objections of the defendant. While Edwin Maddox, a witness for the State, was being cross-examined, counsel for the defendant propounded the following question to him: “Well, about that boy, this one here got a knife wound in the back, didn’t he?” The State objected to the admission of this testimony on the ground that it was irrelevant, immaterial, prejudicial and had no bearing on the case. We may concede that this objection at the time it was made, was not good. However, when we look to the whole evidence of the witness, we…