Scarpati v. State

The appellant seeks review of a jury verdict, judgment of conviction, and sentence thereon following an information charging him with robbery. He urges that the trial court erred in: (1) failing to grant a continuance made on the morning of the trial, (2) alleged improper comment by the prosecution in opening statement relative to a similar crime pattern, (3) failure to suppress certain evidence obtained at the time of the arrest, (4) failure of the trial court to strike certain unsolicited testimony given by a witness, (5) failure to grant a mistrial because of alleged inflammatory…