Madison v. State

Defendant appeals his convictions for armed robbery, attempted armed robbery, and resisting arrest without violence, arguing that testimony that one witness was threatened and another was offered a bribe was erroneously admitted into evidence We reverse.

Defendant was charged with robbing several people who were shooting dice late at night. One victim of the crime named Adams was allowed to testify, over the objection of the defense, that he had been offered a bribe not to testify. Adams testified that he had received a telephone call from his friend J.B. who was in jail. J.B. told Adams that…