Opinion ID: 1828644
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Heading: Whether the Trial Court Committed Reversible Error in Admitting Character Evidence or Prior Bad Acts about Prior Arrests, Charges, Bond Hearings, and Other Unrelated Crimes.

Text: ¶ 11. Smith argues that the trial court erred when it admitted character evidence through Smith's own statements concerning prior arrests, charges, bond hearings, and other unrelated crimes. The State responds that Smith is procedurally barred from raising as error the admissibility of his statements as character evidence since he did not specifically object on that ground in the trial court. ¶ 12. This Court reviews the trial court's decision to admit or exclude evidence under an abuse of discretion standard of review. Jones v. State, 962 So.2d 1263, 1268 (Miss.2007) (citing Jones v. State, 904 So.2d 149, 152 (Miss.2005)). ¶ 13. This Court has held [a]n objection must be made with specificity, and failure to articulate the grounds for objection constitutes a waiver of the alleged error. Ross v. State, 954 So.2d 968, 987 (Miss.2007). Further, we have held that an objection on one or more specific grounds constitutes a waiver of all other grounds. Spicer v. State, 921 So.2d 292, 316 (Miss.2006) quoting Conner v. State, 632 So.2d 1239, 1255 (Miss.1993), overruled on other grounds by Weatherspoon v. State, 732 So.2d 158, 161-62 (Miss.1999); Morgan v. State, 741 So.2d 246, 253 (Miss. 1999) (citing Stringer v. State, 279 So.2d 156, 158 (Miss.1973)). This Court noted in Morgan that an objection cannot be enlarged in the reviewing court to embrace an omission not complained of at trial. Morgan, 741 So.2d at 253 (citing McGarrh v. State, 249 Miss. 247, 276, 148 So.2d 494, 506 (1963)); Stringer, 279 So.2d at 158-59. This Court cannot find that a trial judge committed reversible error on a matter not brought before him or her to consider. Montgomery v. State, 891 So.2d 179, 187 (Miss.2004); Stringer, 279 So.2d at 158. ¶ 14. When Smith's statements were offered into evidence, Smith joined an objection made by Green on the grounds of hearsay and the right to confrontation. Smith failed to object on the ground he raises on appeal  improper character evidence. Smith waived any argument concerning character evidence when he failed to raise it in the trial court.