Opinion ID: 1851892
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Heading: Defendant's first assigned error asserts the trial court erred in giving instruction 21 Because the statute upon which said instruction is based in unconstitutionally void for vagueness.

Text: Defendant's objection to instruction 21 did not alert the trial court to any constitutional objection to Code section 246.32. We have repeatedly held that ordinarily, matters not raised in the trial court, including constitutional questions, cannot be effectively asserted for the first time on appeal. Furthermore, the constitutionality of a statute may not be considered on appeal where the question was not raised in the lower court. State v. Willis, Iowa, 218 N.W.2d 921, 923; State v. Wisher, Iowa, 217 N.W.2d 618, 620; State v. Russell, Iowa, 216 N.W.2d 355, 356 and authorities cited in these opinions. Defendant has not properly raised any constitutional challenge to Code section 246.32.