Opinion ID: 1913355
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Heading: Whether the trial court erred in allowing counsel to argue matters of law during closing arguments.

Text: City claims that the trial court allowed counsel to argue matters of law which were not included in the instructions. However, City never objected to these statements during closing arguments. We have held that such objections must be made to the trial court in order to allow it to correct its mistakes and an objection not properly raised below cannot be reviewed by this court on appeal. See Anderson v. Johnson, 441 N.W.2d 675 (S.D.1989); Till v. Bennett, 281 N.W.2d 276 (S.D.1979); see also State v. Carlson, 392 N.W.2d 89 (S.D.1986); Hepper v. Triple U Enterprises, Inc., 388 N.W.2d 525 (S.D.1986); Johnson v. John Deere Company, 306 N.W.2d 231 (S.D.1981); Arbach v. Gruba, 89 S.D. 322, 232 N.W.2d 842 (1975). Accordingly, on the status of this record, the trial court was not given an opportunity to rule on this objection and therefore it is waived. Matter of A.I., 289 N.W.2d 247 (S.D.1980).