99 Conn. App. 407 - State v. Edwards’s Empirical Analysis

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6 state decisions

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1. ““We have repeatedly held that this court will not consider claimed errors on the pari, of the trial court unless it appears on the record that the question was distinctly raised at trial and was ruled upon and decided by the court adversely to the appellant’s claim.’’ (Emphasis added; internal quotation marks omitted.) State v. Moody, 77 Conn. App. 197, 204 , 822 A.2d 990 , cert. denied, 264 Conn. 918 , 827 A.2d 707 , cert. denied, 540 U.S. 1058 , 124 S. Ct. 831 , 157 L. Ed. 2d 714 (2003). “[I]t is trial counsel’s responsibility to ensure that the issues he raises in pretrial motions are addressed before the trial begins. If the court has not acted on a pretrial motion, nothing prevents counsel from requesting a ruling on that motion on the record prior to the start of trial. Similarly, if the court has not acted on a pretrial motion and counsel proceeds with trial instead of seeking a ruling on that motion, nothing prevents him from objecting when the issue presented in that motion arises during trial. By alerting the court that it has not acted on a pretrial motion, or by objecting at trial, counsel provides the court with the opportunity to rule on the record, thereby preserving the issue for appellate review. Counsel may decide as a matter of strategy, however, to abandon an issue by not requesting a ruling on an overlooked pretrial motion or by not objecting at trial. The manner in which trial counsel acts, or fails to act, is of great significance in determining the ava”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 106 Conn. App. 717 - State v. STEPHEN O.