Commonwealth v. Johnson

PRICE, Judge:

Following a jury trial commenced on December 8, 1976, appellant was convicted of criminal conspiracy,1 robbery,2 and aggravated assault.3 Subsequent to a denial of post-verdict motions, appellant was sentenced to a prison term of from one to ten years for robbery, and to concurrent one to five year terms for aggravated assault and criminal conspiracy. Appellant now contends that a new trial is necessitated by two lower court errors: (1) failing to grant a mistrial after the prosecutor had cross-examined appellant concerning a juvenile arrest for which no substantiation was…