Opinion ID: 1060393
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Heading Rank: 35

Heading: special instruction on rebuttal evidence

Text: Appellants contend that the trial court erred when it failed to give the jury a special instruction about rebuttal evidence. We conclude that Appellants have waived this issue. Appellants claim that the trial court should have instructed the jury that it could only consider the State's rebuttal evidence for the impeachment of defense witnesses and it could not consider the testimony as substantive evidence. However, Appellants have failed to provide a specific explanation for why this instruction should have been given. In addition, Appellants have failed to cite any authority for their proposition that this instruction should have been given and they have also failed to provide a proper citation to the record. Thus, Appellants have waived this issue. Tenn. Ct.Crim.App. R. 10(b).