Opinion ID: 1448436
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Heading: Mandate on remand

Text: Hill cites Ferguson v. Green, 266 Ark. 556, 587 S.W.2d 18 (1979), to establish that the trial court erred on remand by permitting the State to amend its revocation petition. We explained in Ferguson that when a judgment is reversed for error in the proceedings and remanded for proceedings according to law and not inconsistent with the opinion of the court, we are not reversing or vacating the trial court proceedings that occurred prior to the stated error. Ferguson, 266 Ark. at 568, 587 S.W.2d at 25-26. Instead, we intend for the trial court to progress the cause anew from the point that the error was adjudicated. Id. Simply, the trial court should resume the proceedings from the point at which the reversible error occurred. According to the appellate court's decision in Hill v. State, 65 Ark. App. 131, 985 S.W.2d 342 (1999), reversible error occurred when Hill was denied due process at the point when the State was permitted to introduce evidence of probation violations not enumerated in the petition revoke. Hill, 65 Ark. App. at 132, 985 S.W.2d at 342. Thus, the reversible error occurred after the original petition was filed and at the point when the additional violations were introduced into evidence and Hill objected to the lack of notice. Although Hill now argues that the trial court erred on remand by revisiting the State's petition and permitting amendment, he failed to make a timely objection at the May 6, 1999, hearing. In fact, the trial court provided appellant's counsel with the opportunity to be heard at the beginning of the hearing. Rather than objecting to the State's amended petition or addressing the scope of the appellate court's mandate, counsel stated that he was ready to proceed. Moreover, Hill failed to object to the amended petition when it was filed by the State on April 9, 1999, approximately one month before the revocation hearing. The State correctly notes that Hill objected only to the introduction of the three DWI convictions as evidence but not to their inclusion in the petition. It is well settled that an appellant may not change the grounds for objection on appeal but is limited by the scope and nature of his objections and arguments presented at trial. Ayers v. State, 334 Ark. 258, 264, 975 S.W.2d 88, 91 (1998). Moreover, we cannot consider arguments raised for the first time on appeal. Wallace v. State, 326 Ark. 376, 379, 931 S.W.2d 113, 115 (1996). Hill's failure to preserve his argument by timely objections constitutes a waiver and precludes our appellate review.