Opinion ID: 2350025
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Heading Rank: 7

Heading: myspace evidence

Text: Next, Raskie contends for the first time on appeal that the district court erred in admitting evidence of his Myspace postings because the messages were admitted without first establishing a proper foundation under K.S.A. 60-460(m) (business entries and the like) or K.S.A. 60-464 (authentication of a writing) and because the messages constituted hearsay evidence in violation of his confrontation rights. See Crawford v. Washington, 541 U.S. 36, 54, 124 S.Ct. 1354, 158 L.Ed.2d 177 (2004); U.S. Const. Amend. VI (In all criminal prosecutions, the accused shall enjoy the right ... to be confronted with the witnesses against him.); Kan. Const. Bill of Rights, § 10 (a criminal defendant in Kansas has the right to meet the witness face to face). This issue was not preserved for appeal, however, for several reasons. First, Raskie failed to make a contemporaneous trial objection. See King, 288 Kan. at 349, 204 P.3d 585. Second, constitutional grounds for reversal asserted for the first time on appeal are not properly before an appellate court for review. State v. Leshay, 289 Kan. 546, 553, 213 P.3d 1071 (2009); King, 288 Kan. 333, Syl. ¶ 4, 204 P.3d 585. Finally, with regard to Raskie's foundation claim, he makes only a passing reference to K.S.A. 60-460(m) and K.S.A. 60-464 and fails to assert any supporting arguments; this failure to adequately brief the issue constitutes a waiver of the argument. See State v. Conley, 287 Kan. 696, 703, 197 P.3d 837 (2008) (failure to support a point with pertinent authority or without showing why it is sound despite lack of supporting authority or in the face of contrary authority is akin to failing to brief the issue); Cooke v. Gillespie, 285 Kan. 748, 758, 176 P.3d 144 (2008) (same). Consequently, we do not reach the merits of Raskie's arguments.