State v. Johnson

After a jury convicted him of murder, Rorey Jamar Johnson was granted a hew trial based on an improper reference by a State’s witness to a polygraph exam. The State appeals. We affirm.

FACTS

Rorey Jamar Johnson was charged with the murder of Gregory Whitaker who was fatally shot in the upper left shoulder while sitting in a car. At trial, the State presented three witnesses who testified to having been at the scene of the shooting. The first witness to testify was Crystal Marion. She testified she was a prostitute and friend of the victim. The night of the incident she got into a car with Alton…