Opinion ID: 2314468
Heading Depth: 1
Heading Rank: 2

Heading: Unfairness of Testimony of Defendant and Final Argument of the Defendant's Counsel.

Text: [6, 7] The plaintiff also argues that certain portions of the testimony of the defendant and the final argument of his counsel were unduly prejudicial. The record, however, reveals that the plaintiff failed to object or except to the disputed testimony and closing statements. In this jurisdiction, a party's failure to take contemporaneous objections and exceptions precludes this court from considering on appeal the propriety of any uncontested testimony and statements. See Sperl v. Sperl, 119 N.H. 818, 821-22, 408 A.2d 422, 424 (1979); see also State v. Fecteau, 121 N.H. 1003, 1006, 437 A.2d 294, 296 (1981); State v. Sullivan, 121 N.H. 301, 304, 428 A.2d 1247, 1249-50 (1981). Because the plaintiff failed to object and except to the statements of the defendant and his counsel, we hold that the admissibility of such statements is not properly before us. Affirmed. KING, C.J., and DOUGLAS, J., dissented.