Campbell v. State

I concur in the decision to deny the petition for rehearing. However, I wish to respond to counsel’s argument that our decision to require that entire records be filed in no-merit criminal appeals does violence to this state’s contemporaneous-objection rule.

Appellant’s counsel filed a notice of appeal that provided, in pertinent part, that the record on appeal should exclude voir dire, opening statements, and closing arguments except for objections made during those portions of the trial. Counsel argues that this designation of the record for appeal was sufficient to ensure that all rulings…