Johnson v. State

Bell, Chief Judge.

Defendant was convicted of robbery by intimidation. Held:

1. The assistant district attorney during his cross examination of one of defendant’s witnesses was permitted over objection to show that this witness was then confined in the local county jail. The trial court permitted the testimony on the basis that the witness at the onset of the cross examination testified that she was "living” at a particular Augusta address and therefore the fact that she was confined in the county jail would disprove her testimony that she was living elsewhere. See Code § 38-1802. This was…