Opinion ID: 1941114
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Heading Rank: 3

Heading: Preservation Of DeLeon's Relevancy And Prejudice Challenges

Text: [A]n appellate court ordinarily will not consider any point or question `unless it plainly appears by the record to have been raised in or decided by the trial court.' Robinson v. State, 404 Md. 208, 216, 946 A.2d 456, 461 (2008) (citations omitted). In Fitzgerald v. State, we explained that the primary purpose of the rule is two-fold: (a) to require counsel to bring the position of their client to the attention of the lower court at the trial so that the trial court can pass upon, and possibly correct any errors in the proceedings, and (b) to prevent the trial of cases in a piecemeal fashion, thus accelerating the termination of litigation. 384 Md. 484, 505, 864 A.2d 1006, 1018 (2004) (citations and internal quotation marks omitted). In discussing the preservation issue, we shall address each of the contested pieces of gang-related evidence presented at trial and examine the objections made by DeLeon.