Cooper v. State

Appellant seeks review of a jury verdict finding him guilty of robbery and carrying a concealed firearm. He was sentenced to serve consecutive terms of seventy-five years for robbery and five years for carrying a concealed firearm.

*860Appellant’s first point on appeal is that the trial court erred in denying defense counsel’s motion for mistrial which arose as the result of alleged prejudicial remarks made by a private security officer. The officer stated that upon arresting defendant and warning him not to say anything, defendant responded by saying that he already knew what to do from prior…