People v. Page

Defendant was tried and convicted by a jury in Detroit Recorder’s Court for the crime of robbery armed. MCLA 750.529; MSA 28.797. Defendant appeals and raises numerous issues; of these, we need consider only two.

First, defendant argues that the court below erred in not granting his motion for a mistrial made after the following incident:

"Q. [assistant prosecuting attorney]: What were the circumstances of this arrest?

"A. [Detroit Police Officer Vergil Starkey]: We were assigned to the 5th Precinct to watch for newsboy holdups and at that time—

"Mr. O’Connell [defense counsel]: Well, I object to…