Opinion ID: 1264813
Heading Depth: 1
Heading Rank: 4

Heading: Barnett Failed to Preserve Claim of Error Regarding The Use of The Videotape of Chad Toney's Statement.

Text: One of the exhibits admitted into evidence at trial was the videotape of the statement given by Chad Toney, who had witnessed the murder of Jeffrey Towers. Under I.C. § 19-2203, the jury was entitled to take with it all exhibits into its deliberations. In this case, rather than simply giving the videotape to the jury with a television on which to replay the tape, the district court restricted the jury to watching the entirety of the videotape in the courtroom anew, without being allowed to stop the tape and discuss any portions of it. The district judge discussed with counsel how he proposed to allow the viewing of the videotape, and counsel agreed. Because there was no objection raised to the procedure employed by the district court, there is no ruling and no resultant error than can be reviewed on appeal. This Court will not review a trial court's alleged error on appeal unless the record discloses an adverse ruling which forms the basis for the assignment of error. State v. Fisher, 123 Idaho 481, 485, 849 P.2d 942, 946 (1993). Hence, we decline to review this issue further.