Opinion ID: 2384356
Heading Depth: 1
Heading Rank: 8

Heading: Conviction of the underlying felony

Text: The State points out that error occurred because Mr. Marshall was convicted of both capital felony murder of Ms. Conwell and the underlying predicate felony, rape. Mr. Marshall failed to raise this issue at the trial and has not argued it on appeal. We decline to address it at this juncture. This Court will not consider errors raised for the first time on appeal. See Hughes v. State, 295 Ark. 121, 746 S.W.2d 557 (1988). There are only four exceptions to this rule: (1) when error is made by a trial court without knowledge of the defense counsel who thus has no opportunity to object; (2) when a trial court should intervene on its own motion to correct a serious error by admonition or by mistrial; (3) when evidentiary errors affect a defendant's substantial rights although they were not brought to the court's attention, and (4) in death penalty cases when prejudice is conclusively shown by the record and we would unquestionably require the trial court to grant relief under Ark.R.Crim.P. 37. See Hughes v. State, supra ; Wicks v. State, 270 Ark. 781, 606 S.W.2d 366 (1980). In all other circumstances a contemporaneous objection is required to preserve a point for review. Even constitutional arguments are waived unless raised before a trial court. Lynch v. Blagg, 312 Ark. 80, 847 S.W.2d 32 (1993). We note, however, that Mr. Marshall is not precluded from raising this issue if he chooses to initiate a separate proceeding pursuant to Ark.R.Crim.P. 37. See Wilson v. State, 277 Ark. 219, 640 S.W.2d 440 (1982); Rowe v. State, 275 Ark. 37, 627 S.W.2d 16 (1982). Pursuant to Ark.Sup.Ct.R. 4-3(h) we have considered all of Mr. Marshall's objections on which the Trial Court made an adverse ruling. We find no prejudicial error. Affirmed.