CO · rules
Crim. P. 51
Exceptions Unnecessary
Exceptions to ruling or orders of the court are unnecessary. For all purposes for which an
exception has heretofore been necessary it is sufficient that a party, at the time the court
ruling or order is made or sought, makes known to the court the action which he desires the
court to take or his objection to the court’s action and the grounds therefor. But if a party
has no opportunity to object to a ruling or order, the absence of an objection does not
thereafter prejudice him.
History
ANNOTATION Allegation of prejudice gives standing for review, regardless of lack of objection. A de- fendant’s claim that the trial court’s ruling ad- versely affected the exercise of his right to tes- tify in his own defense alleges sufficient prejudice to give him standing to seek review of that ruling, whether or not he objected when the ruling was made. People v. Evans, 630 P.2d 94 (Colo. App. 1981). Court must allow contemporaneous objec- tions to evidence and the court’s rulings. Without a contemporaneous record of the grounds that a party stated at the time of a objection, disputes as to the grounds asserted for error may arise. Jones v. District Court, 780 P.2d 526 (Colo. 1989). Applied in People v. Peterson, 656 P.2d 1301 (Colo. 1983).
Provenance
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- 2026-09-15
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- 2026-09-15
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