Opinion ID: 2275841
Heading Depth: 2
Heading Rank: 2

Heading: Carolyn Pullen's reading of statement.

Text: Appellant next asserts that the court erred when it allowed a purported hearsay statement to be read into evidence. However, the appellant admits first that he failed to object to this statement at trial. This Court will not reverse in the absence of an appropriate contemporaneous objection in the trial court. E.g., Jones v. State, 340 Ark. 390, 10 S.W.3d 449 (2000). Although there are four narrow exceptions to the contemporaneous-objection rule, e.g. Camargo v. State, 327 Ark. 631, 640, 940 S.W.2d 464, 469 (1997), none are applicable in this regard, and the appellant's failure to object precludes appellate review. Moreover, appellant has failed to offer any argument or authority in support of his assignment of error in this regard. Because assignments of error unsupported by convincing argument or apposite authority will not be considered on appeal, e.g., Williams v. State, 329 Ark. 8, 946 S.W.2d 678 (1997), appellant's point in this regard is barred from this Court's consideration.