Johnson v. State

During the trial the State placed a witness, Robert Bacon, on the stand and asked the question, “What happened to this knife there that night?” Counsel for the defendant objected on the ground that the question was irrelevant unless a proper foundation was laid. The solicitor-general and the court both remarked that they did not know what the witness was going to say. Without further objection the witness recounted a discussion between himself and the defendant, which culminated in the defendant stabbing him. Counsel for the defendant then said, “If he doesn’t connect this up with the cutting…