Holt v. State’s Empirical Analysis

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14 state decisions

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1. “We decline to reach the merits of the issue raised by the appellant because the issue was not properly presented to the trial court. Although the appellant, on appeal, labels his motion a “motion to dismiss,” in reality it was a motion to suppress the evidence coupled with a motion for a directed verdict. Motions to suppress are governed by Rule 16.2 of the Arkansas Rules of Criminal Procedure. Rule 16.2(b) requires that such a motion be timely filed, but not later than 10 days before trial, except that the trial court has discretion to allow a later motion to suppress on a showing of good cause. No motion to suppress was filed prior to trial, and no attempt was made to demonstrate good cause for waiting until the close of all evidence to attempt to exclude a portion of the evidence which was presented to the jury without objection. We hold that the attempt to suppress the evidence was not timely, and need not have been considered by the trial judge. Jackson v. State, 266 Ark. 754 , 585 S.W.2d 367 (Ark.App.1979), cert. denied, 444 U.S. 1017 , 100 S.Ct. 670 , 62 L.Ed.2d 647 (1980). Further, since there was no objection to any of the evidence or testimony at the time it was presented to the jury, there was no basis for striking that evidence later.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 2009 Ark. App. 597 - Camacho-Mendoza v. State