706 So. 2d 350 - State v. Mae’s Empirical Analysis

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3 state decisions

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1. “The major difficulty is that the state attorney, at the sentencing hearing, did not clearly raise this ground as an objection to the oral reasons given by the trial judge. Under section 924.051, an appeal may not be taken unless prejudicial error is alleged and is properly preserved or if not properly preserved, would constitute fundamental error. To be preserved, .an issue must be timely raised and ruled on by the trial court. The issue must be sufficiently precise that it fairly apprises the trial court of the relief sought and the grounds for the objection. 924.051(l)(b).”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Crume

2. “timely raised before, and ruled on by, the trial court, and that the issue, legal argument, or objection ... was sufficiently precise that it fairly apprized the trial court of the relief sought and the grounds therefore.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Taylor