Opinion ID: 1242445
Heading Depth: 1
Heading Rank: 12

Heading: motions to strike the evidence

Text: Spencer assigns error to the court's refusal to grant his motions to strike the evidence made at the conclusion of the Commonwealth's case and renewed at the conclusion of all the evidence. The only ground stated on brief in support of this assignment is [f]or the reasons stated in the defendant's motions to strike. That ground is purely conclusory and is tantamount only to an assertion that the court's rulings were contrary to the law and the evidence. Rule 5:25. An appellant who asserts that a trial court's ruling was erroneous has an obligation to state clearly to the appellate court the grounds for that assertion. A cross-reference to arguments made at trial is insufficient. Accordingly, we treat this assignment as procedurally defaulted and will not consider it.