Johnson v. State

RAWLS, Acting Chief Judge.

Appellant, Marvin Edwin Johnson, brings this appeal from a conviction of breaking and entering with intent to commit a felony, to wit: grand larceny. The pivotal point presented by this appeal is whether evidence exculpatory to Johnson was suppressed when Johnson was denied the opportunity to cross-examine Police Officer Shiver after he had testified concerning a police report Shiver had authored on his investigation of the breaking and entering.

Around 1:00 a. m. on January 23, 1970, the police were summoned to investigate a breaking and entering at a corner 7-11…