Russell v. State

STEELE, Chief Justice:

The State charged Eric Russell with several serious sexual offenses against his girlfriend’s four year old daughter. At trial, the judge allowed into evidence a pretrial out of court statement the girl made to her mother and a videotaped interview with the girl. The jury convicted Russell. On appeal, Russell disputes the admissibility of the statements. Because Russell never fairly presented his appellate argument at trial, we cannot consider it and must AFFIRM.

I. FACTS AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY

In January 2008, Eric Russell lived in a house with his girlfriend Josephine…