Opinion ID: 2200475
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Text: Over a continuing objection, the trial court allowed several police officers to relate statements Defendant had made following the incident. Initially, the court had suppressed these statements for want of a knowing and voluntary waiver of rights; however, at trial, the court admitted them for their bearing upon Defendant's claim of insanity. See Turner v. State, (1981) Ind., 428 N.E.2d 1244, 1247 (cases cited therein). Defendant contends that, because he bore the burden of proof upon the issue of insanity, Ind. Code § 35-41-4-1(b) (Burns 1979), he was prejudiced by the trial court's allowing the State to present this evidence of Defendant's sanity in its case in chief. See Phelan v. State, (1980) Ind., 406 N.E.2d 237, 238; Mingle v. State, (1979) Ind. App., 396 N.E.2d 399, 403 (trans. denied). The State correctly notes that this objection was not asserted in the trial court. Rather, Defendant only reiterated the suppression order, which the trial court noted had been entered prior to Defendant's plea of insanity. Defendant has preserved nothing for review. He may not state one reason for an objection at trial and then rely upon another on appeal. The latter reason is deemed waived, as it was not properly brought to the trial court's attention. Shepler v. State, (1980) Ind., 412 N.E.2d 62, 68.