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Alexander v. State

Citations

  • 983 S.W.2d 110
  • 335 Ark. 131
  • 1998 Ark. LEXIS 603

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  • “To preserve a point for appellate review, a party must obtain a ruling from the trial court.”
  • issue was not preserved for appeal where defense counsel objected to witness’s testimony prior to trial and circuit court gave a preliminary ruling, but when witness testified at trial, defense counsel made no objection
  • Circuit court’s pretrial ruling “that the testimony would be admissible ‘with what the court knows at this time’ was clearly a preliminary or qualified ruling” that failed to preserve the point for appellate review

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Judges: Thornton

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