State v. Winford

BRANCH, Justice.

Defendant assigns as error the admission into evidence, over objection, of a small pen knife allegedly found on the body of deceased. Defendant argues that the State failed to lay the necessary foundation before offering the knife into evidence and that the trial judge failed to “adequately discuss the evidence as to the knife.” The record shows the following:

Court: Any further evidence from the State?

Mr. STAGG: Yes, we’d like to offer into evidence State’s Exhibit 7 and marked for identification, which is a pocket knife found on the body of the deceased, Clayton McCombs.

Mr.…