Lawrence v. State

At Lawrence's (defendant's) felony theft trial, the prosecution asked its key witness a leading question about the exact amount of metal purchased, which the trial court sustained an objection to and instructed the jury to disregard; the prosecution then rephrased the question to ask non-leadingly what the witness recalled purchasing, and the witness gave the same specific answer, prompting a renewed objection that the prosecution had improperly "put words in his mouth" through the earlier question. The trial court overruled the renewed objection, the jury convicted Lawrence, and he appealed.