Commonwealth v. Foreman

PRICE, Judge:

On March 12, 1975, following a jury trial, appellant was found guilty of robbery. 1 Post-trial motions were timely filed, argued before a court en banc and denied. Two assignments of error are made in this appeal: (1) that the trial court abused its discretion in refusing to grant appellant’s request for a pre-trial continuance; and (2) that the trial court erred in refusing to grant a mistrial when the complaining witness, during cross-examination by defense counsel, referred to having picked appellant’s picture from files at police headquarters. Finding no merit in appellant’s…