Opinion ID: 2099336
Heading Depth: 1
Heading Rank: 8

Heading: Excluded Testimony Concerning Doyle

Text: The defendant further contends that the trial justice erred in refusing to allow Lynn Saucier to testify concerning Danielle Brueske's relationship with Doyle. However, defense counsel did not object to the trial justice's exclusion of such evidence during the trial itself. Therefore, in accordance with our well-known raise or waive rule, we shall not address on appeal this final evidentiary argument. See State v. Forand, 958 A.2d 134, 141 (R.I.2008) (This Court's well settled `raise-or-waive' rule precludes us from considering at the appellate level issues not properly presented before the trial court.); see also State v. McManus, 990 A.2d 1229, 1237 (R.I. 2010); State v. Gomez, 848 A.2d 221, 237-38 (R.I.2004); State v. Grant, 840 A.2d 541, 546 (R.I.2004); State v. Pacheco, 763 A.2d 971, 976 (R.I.2001).