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----- ----- -- A p p e l l a n t D e rr i c kD . K i n g ap p e a l s his c o n v i c ti o n fo r a g g rav a ted as sa u l t. 2 In a s in g le p o in to fe r r o r , h e c o m p la in s t h a tt h e t r ia l c o u rt“ e r r o n e o u s ly d i s s u a d e d ” h i m fro m i m p e a c h i n g a w i tn e s s . W e a ffir m . Le on M ac N ei l an d Jo e Conne rt es t i f ed t hatap pel l ant sh otM ac N ei l i n t he l eg. M acN ei l t est i f i ed t hathe di d not use any i l l egal dr ugs on t he day he w as3 ... T e x . R . A p p . P . 3 3 .1 (a )(2 ); F uller v. S tate , 253 S. W . 3d 220, 232 (T e x . C ri m . A p p . 2 0 0 8 ), cert. denied, 1 2 9 S . C t. 9 0 4(2 0 0 9 ). 2 sh ot . Bef or e Conne rt ookt he st and, how eve r , hepr i vat el y di sc l os ed t o t he pr os ec utor tha theha d s ee n M ac N ei l an d a ppe l l ants m oki ng c r ac k c oca i ne t o g e t h e ro n t h e d a yo ft h e s h o o t in g . T h e p r o s e c u t o rp r o m p t lyd is c lo s e d t h is i nf or m at i on t o a ppe l l ant ’ s t r i al att or ney . D ur i ng a s ubs equ entbe nch co nf er enc e, t he att or ney s and t he t r i al j udge di sc us se d w het heras ki ng Connerab outM ac N ei l ’ s dr ug us e o n t he dayoft he sh oot i ng w oul d ope n t he doort o e xt r ane ousof f ens e e vi den cet hatapp el l ant w a s u s i n g d ru g s w i th M a c N e i l , a n d th e tri a l j u d g e s ta te d th a t i t “ m i g h t.” A ppel l ant ’ s t r i al att or ney t hen ob j ect ed t o t he adm i ssi on of any t est i m ony that appel l antw as usi ng i l l egal dr ugs on t he day of t he shooti ng. A l t hou gh t he t r i al j udg e i n i ti a l l ys ust ai ned t he obj ect i on, she st at ed, “I ’ m goi ng t o t r eati tas a m ot i on i n l i m i ne f oryou- al l t o a p pr oach and m e t o t ake up t he r ul i ng att hat ti m e a fte r I h e a r th e e v i d e n c e .” C onn erl at ert est i f i ed on di r ectand cr oss exam i nat i on. A ppel l ant ’ s t r i al at t or ney di d not ask hi m abou t M acN ei l ’ s dr ug use, nor di d he ask t o appr oach t he ben ch t o obt ai n a r ul i ng on t he adm i ss i bi l i t y ofs uch t es t i m ony. To pr eserve er r orf orappel l at e r evi ew , a p a rt y m ustobt ai n an adver se ruli n g b ythe tr i a l co u rt . 3 N ot hi ng i s pr eserved unt i l t he t r i al courtm akes a f i nal4 ... S ee W i l so nv. S tate , 7 S . W . 3d 1 36, 144 ( Te x. Cr i m . App . 1999 ) (“ T h e t r ia l c o u rt ’s a c t io n a p p e a r s t o b ein t h e n a t u r e o fa r u lin g o n a m o t io n in l i m i n e , w h i c h d o e s n o t p re s e rv e e rro r.” ); see al so Po wel

l v. S tate , 897 S. W . 2d 3 0 7 , 3 1 0 (T e x . C ri m . A p p . 1 9 9 4 ), cert. denied, 5 16 U . S. 808 ( 1995) ( def endan tf ai l ed t o pr eserve com pl ai ntt hatj ur y shoul d have been shuf f l ed w h e n h e fa i l e d to o b ta i n fi n a l ru l i n g o n h i s re q u e s t), over ruled on other

groun ds, Prysta sh v. S tate , 3 S .W .3 d 5 2 2 (T e x . C ri m . A p p . 1 9 9 9 ), cert. denied, 529 U .S . 1 1 0 2 (2 0 0 0 ).

5 ... S ee T e x . R . A p p . P . 3 3 .1 (a )(1 )(A ). 3 r ul i ng on t he adm i ssi bi l i t y ofevi dence. 4 B e c a u s e a p p e lla n td id n o tre -u r g e h is ar gum ent t o t he t r i al cou rt or att em pt t o as k C onne r t he que st i on w hi ch he now says t he t r i al court“di ssuaded” hi m f r om aski ng, he di d not secur e an adver se r u lin g f r o m t h e t r ia l c o u rt . W e t h e r e f o r e h o ld t h a ta p p e lla n th a s f o r f e it e d h is c o m p l a i n t. 5 A ccor di ngl y, w e over r ul e appel l ant ’ s sol e poi nt and af f i r m t he t r i al c o u rt’sj u d g m e n t.

P E R CU R I AM PA N EL: CA YC E, C. J. ; W A LKER and M C C O Y, JJ. DO NO T P UBLI SH Tex. R. A pp. P. 47. 2( b) DEL I VERE D: Aug us t13, 2009