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Tennessee Rules of Criminal Procedure, Rule 51
RULE 51. EXCEPTIONS UNNECESSARY
Exceptions to rulings or orders of the court are unnecessary and for all purposes for which an exception has heretofore been necessary it is sufficient that a party, at the time the ruling or order of the court is made or sought, makes known to the court the action which the party desires the court to take or the party's objection to the action of the court and the grounds therefor; but if a party has no opportunity to object to a ruling or order, the absence of an objection does not thereafter prejudice the party.
[Amended effective July 1, 1991.]
This is the current federal rule. T.C.A. §27-311 eliminated the necessity for formal exceptions to the admission or exclusion of evidence in the face of a specific objection.
Advisory Commission Comment to 1991 Amendment
The last sentence of the earlier comment is rescinded.
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