Court Opinion

ID: 9580119
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-21 22:02:07.303321+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T13:36:03.067489
License: Public Domain

PARKS, Judge,
specially concurring:
Although I agree that the conviction herein should be affirmed, I cannot concur with the majority’s determination that the alleged error herein was not properly preserved for appeal. The majority states: “It is well settled that there must be a timely objection to remarks and a request that the court admonish the jury to disregard the remarks in order to preserve the issue for appellate review.” Supra.
The statute governing this issue is 12 O.S.1981, § 2104(A)(1) of our Evidence Code, which provides:
A. Error may not be predicated upon a ruling which admits or excludes evidence unless a substantial right of a party is affected, and:
1. If the ruling is one admitting evidence, a timely objection or motion to strike appears of record, stating the spe*1357cific ground of objection, if the specific ground was not apparent from the context. ...
Pre-Code decisional law supports the majority’s holding, but neither the express language of Section 2104(A)(1), or anything in its Legislative history, support the Court’s conclusion that a request for an admonition to the jury is necessary to preserve an error for review on appeal. In my opinion, error is preserved for appeal under Section 2104(A)(1) if a timely and specific objection is interposed by counsel, regardless of whether a request for an admonishment or motion for mistrial is made. I believe this to be the Legislature’s clear intent as codified in Section 2104(A)(1).