Grant v. State

In this appeal of his conviction for aggravated robbery, appellant Jermaine Andre Grant argues the trial court twice violated his state and federal constitutional rights to confront the witnesses against him, and improperly denied his motion for mistrial after the prosecution alluded to his failure to testify. We hold that appellant waived his first confrontation clause complaint, and although we agree that the trial court erred in admitting testimonial statements contained in appellants high school disciplinary records, we conclude the error was harmless beyond a reasonable doubt. We further hold that the trial court cured any error arising from the prosecutions statement by immediately instructing the jury to disregard it. Thus, we affirm the judgment of the trial court.