Opinion ID: 2631067
Heading Depth: 3
Heading Rank: 2

Heading: A Plain Error Review May Be Available in Cases Where a Party Has Failed to Preserve an Issue for Appeal

Text: ¶ 16 In cases where a party raises an issue on appeal, but the party did not properly preserve the issue below, we review it under the manifest injustice or plain error standard. [14] Under plain error review, we may reverse the lower court on an issue not properly preserved for appeal when a party can show the following: (i) [a]n error exists; (ii) the error should have been obvious to the trial court; and (iii) the error is harmful, i.e., absent the error, there is a reasonable likelihood of a more favorable outcome for the [party], or phrased differently, our confidence in the verdict is undermined. [15] Nevertheless, under the invited error doctrine, we have declined to engage in even plain error review when `counsel, either by statement or act, affirmatively represented to the [trial] court that he or she had no objection to the [proceedings].' [16]