Opinion ID: 2632203
Heading Depth: 2
Heading Rank: 7

Heading: Testimony about Defendant's Escape.

Text: {46} Defendant also asserts that the testimony of the Albuquerque police officer who helped to block Defendant's escape attempt from the hospital was prejudicial. The officer related Defendant's admissions about picking the lock on the cuffs on his legs with a paper clip and then, in response to a question by the district attorney, the officer said that he had been unable to pick the lock with a paper clip. No objection was made to the testimony at trial. See Rule 12-216(A) (requiring that a ruling on a question must have been invoked from the district court for a question to be preserved for appellate review). Additionally, Defendant has not demonstrated how he was prejudiced by testimony. Defendant's assertion of the possibility of prejudice, without more, is insufficient to establish actual prejudice. See In re Ernesto M., 1996-NMCA-039, ¶ 10, 121 N.M. 562, 915 P.2d 318 (An assertion of prejudice is not a showing of prejudice.).