Agx.] 257 Steven Robert ROGERS v. STATE of Arkansas CR 85-199 711 S.W.2d 461 Supreme Court of Arkansas • Opinion delivered June 16, 1986 1. APPEAL & ERROR — ERROR CANNOT BE RAISED FOR FIRST TIME ON APPEAL. — Where an objection was not presented to the trial court, it cannot be raised for the first time on appeal. 2. APPEAL & ERROR — INEFFECTIVE ASSISTANCE OF COUNSEL CANNOT BE RAISEb INITIALLY BY APPEAL. — Claims of ineffective • assistance of counsel may not be raised initially by appeal unless the issue was raised below. Appeal from Pulaski Circuit Court, Fifth Division; Jack Lessenberry, Judge; affirmed. Wood Law Firm, by: Steven R. Davis, for appellant. Steve Clark, Att'y Gen., by: Clint Miller, Asst. Att'y Gen., for ,appellee. STEELE HAYS, Justice. Steven Robert Rogers was found guilty of two counts of aggravated robbery and one count of kidnapping. Pursuant to Ark. Stat. Ann. § 41-1001, the court instructed the jury that Rogers had been convicted of three prior felonies and the jury fixed the sentences at twenty years on each count, which the court ordered to be served consecutively. We affirm the judgment. [1] Appellant first contends the convictions are . void because the Information failed to comply with Article 7, Section 49 of our Constitution, which provides that the "[i]ndictments shall conclude: 'Against the peace and dignity of the State of Arkan-sas'." This information does conclude with the appropriate language, but, as appellant points out, several of our cases have held that the language must follow each count, which was not done here. Hall v. Lackmond, 50 Ark. 113,6 S.W. 510 (1887); Williams v. State, 47 Ark. 230, 1 S.W. 149 (1886); State v. Hazle, 20 Ark. 156, (1859). However, this objection was not presented to the trial court and cannot be raised for the first time on appeal. Wicks v. State, 270 Ark. 781, 606 S.W.2d 366 (1980).
258 [289 The two remaining arguments are: the trial court erred in permitting the introduction of a certified copy of a docket sheet to prove one of appellant's prior felony convictions and counsel's failure to object to the introduction of the docket sheet constitutes ineffective assistance of counsel. 12] These arguments, like the first, are also subject to summary denial. There was no objection to the introduction of the docket sheet and claims of ineffective assistance of counsel may not be raised initially by appeal. Sumlin v. State, 273 Ark. 185, 617 S.W.2d 372 (1981). Affirmed.
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