State v. Kirtdoll

How courts have described this case

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• holding that factual underpinnings are reviewed for substantial competent evidence, but the ultimate question of a Miranda waiver s voluntariness is a question of law subject to de novo review
• applying invited error doctrine and distinguishing failure to object from affirmatively requesting the challenged instruction
• substantial competent evidence supports the district court findings, e.g., of defendant’s age, intellect, and background
• judgment of trial court may be upheld on appeal despite its reliance on the wrong ground or having assigned a wrong reason for its decision
• ordinarily an appellate court will not consider an issue which has not been raised in the trial court
• “As a general rule, a party cannot raise an issue on appeal where no contemporaneous objection was made and where the trial court did not have an opportunity to rule.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).