State v. Awan

The basic issues presented are whether the failure to raise the issue of the constitutionality of a statute at the trial of a matter may, in a given instance, effectively waive the claim of such an issue upon appeal, and whether the failure to raise such question of the constitutionality of R.C. 4513.03 at the trial level here precluded the appellant from so doing in the appellate court. For the reasons set forth below, we *121affirm the appellate court’s ruling, which upheld appellant’s conviction and refused to address the constitutional attack on R.C. 4513.03.

Appellant’s first proposition of…