Andrews v. State

Appellant appeals from a judgment and sentence pursuant to a jury verdict finding him guilty of knowingly having possession of an explosive, in violation of § 552.101 Fla.Stat., F.S.A.

Appellant first urges reversal on the ground that certain remarks made by the prosecuting attorney in his opening statement to the jury were so prejudicial as to call for a mistrial. We can not agree. Appellant’s motion for mistrial was denied by the trial judge and followed up by an instruction to the jury to disregard the statements made by the prosecuting attorney which related to hearsay. We do not consider…