State v. Evans

(dissenting) — I find, on this record, that there is no reversible error. By holding otherwise, the majority overturns decades of precedent.

I

The trial court erred in admitting the feed mill testimony, but its error is not reversible. That testimony, though inadmissible, is inadmissible for reasons not given by the State. By finding reversible error, the majority ignores the long-standing rule that evidentiary reversals require a legally sufficient objection.

The State objected to the feed mill evidence solely because the feed mill is located on leased land.1 That, however, does not indicate…