NC 15A-1446. - NC 15A-1446.

§ 15A-1446. Requisites for preserving the right to appellate review. (a) Except as provided in subsection (d) of this section, error shall not be asserted upon appellate review unless the error has been brought to the attention of the trial court by appropriate and timely objection or motion. No particular form is required in order to preserve the right to assert the alleged error upon appeal if the motion or objection clearly presented the alleged error to the trial court. Formal exceptions are unnecessary, but when evidence is excluded a record must be made in the manner provided in G.S. 1A-1, Rule 43(c), in order to assert upon appeal error in the exclusion of that evidence. (b) Failure to make an appropriate and timely motion or objection constitutes a waiver of the right to assert the...