Supreme Court of Arkansas· 5/29/2003

Anderson v. State

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108 S.W.3d 592
353 Ark. 384
2003 Ark. LEXIS 307

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holding that.court would consider, without contemporaneous objection, issues | involving infringement on right of presumption of innocence and State’s burden of proof
holding error involving companion rights of presumption of innocence and burden of proof beyond a reasonable doubt fell within the third Wicfcs exception
noting that a parenthetical in the criminal jury instructions indicates its inclusion is optional
“The defense attorney did not object to the prosecutor’s comments at the time, and a contemporaneous objection is generally required to preserve an issue for appeal, even a constitutional issue.”
\[W]e have recognized four exceptions to the contemporaneous-objection rule ... [the second of which is] when defense counsel has no knowledge of the error and hence no opportunity to object[.]\
failure to provide a criminal defendant with a jury trial is an error so serious that the circuit court has an obligation to intervene, and this court may consider the issue on appeal without an objection below

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Judges: Annabelle Clinton Imber

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