Court Opinion

ID: 9676121
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-24 05:15:32.303585+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T18:16:44.209328
License: Public Domain

Opinion by
Justice SCOTT,
Concurring in Part and Dissenting in Part.
I concur with all of Justice Cooper’s opinion except issue IV.A.2, in regards to the “continuing objection.”
The granting of such objections is controlled by the trial courts and is used to avoid repetitive interruptions. They are a useful tool and should be upheld when granted. Otherwise, their use will become so fraught with the “danger of waiver,” that trial attorney’s will avoid their use. One, who has sat through trials with repetitive objection after repetitive objection, knows how damaging they can be to a party and how irritating it can be to the court — and the jury. It’s not something one should do and this is the reason for asking for, and getting a “continuing objection.” The continuing objection granted in this case served its purpose and should be upheld so as to preserve its intended function — which in this case was to object to any evidence (hearsay or otherwise) pertaining to the prior convictions.