Johnson v. State

Citations

• 55 Fla. 46

Syllabus

<p>1. The defense should be permitted to recall a State's witness who has just left the stand, for the purpose of laying the foundation for impeachment.</p> <p>2. Where there are peculiarities in the foot print of the defendant, evidence is admissible that the • tracks thus made are “similar” to those found near the scene of the homicide.</p> <p>3. The trial court may refuse opinion, evidence or experiments in the presence of the jury as to whether a spur strap attached to a shoe would make an impression on'sandy soil.</p> <p>4. Where the defense of an alibi is not set up the State should not be permitted to.argu,e to the jury that there is “a great break in the pretended alibi.”</p>