Opinion ID: 1195263
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Heading: testimony and prosecutorial statements

Text: Miller argues that the prosecutor elicited improper testimony during the course of the trial. Miller specifically argues that the following evidence was improperly admitted: evidence of his prior arrests, evidence that he refused to cooperate with police during the investigation, and other facts presented to the jury which had not been properly introduced as evidence. The State argues that none of these evidentiary questions were preserved for appeal because trial counsel failed to object to any of them. We do not review evidentiary issues which were not objected to at trial. K.S.A. 60-404; see State v. Sims, 262 Kan. 165, 170, 936 P.2d 779 (1997) (failure to object to the admission of evidence at the trial court level precludes review by an appellate court); State v. Cheeks, 258 Kan. 581, 594, 908 P.2d 175 (1995) (defense counsel's failure to object to evidence of prior crimes precludes the appellate courts from considering the issue); State v. Jordan, 250 Kan. 180, 192, 825 P.2d 157 (1992) (court dismissed issue of admissability of prior crimes evidence because the defendant failed to object at trial). The record reflects that Miller did not make one single objection to any of the evidence that is now complained of. Without such objection, we are precluded from reviewing the issues Miller attempts to raise on appeal.