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65. See Currie , 911 F.3d at 1056-57; Taylor , 514 F.3d at 1096; Smith v. State , 148 P.3d at 885-86. 66. Lerma , 148 P.3d at 886. 67. Farris v. Masquelier , 2022 OK 91, ¶14, 524 P.3d 942, 948 (quoting Sellars v. McCullough , 1989 OK 155, ¶9, 784 P.2d 1060, 1062-63.). 68. Fed. R. Civ. P. 51(b)(2); 12 O.S. §578; Bornfield , 184 F.3d at 1146; Wooldridge v. State , 1990 OK CR 77, ¶9, 801 P.2d 729, 732. 69. See 12 O.S. §578; Fed. R. Civ. P. 51(c)(2), (d)(2); see Abuan v. Level 3 Commc’ns , 353 F.3d 1158, 1172 (10th Cir. 2003); But see Cantrell v. Henthorn , 1981 OK 15, ¶4, 624 P.2d 1056, 1057 (holding plaintiff adequately preserved objection even though his “counsel did not specifically dictate his objection into the record,” as 12 O.S. §578 requires, where “the spirit of the law was complied with”). 70. Fed. R. Civ. P. 51(c)(1); see Fed. R. Crim. P. 30(d). 71. Aspen Highlands Skiing Corp. v. Aspen Skiing Co. , 738 F.2d 1509, 1514 (10th Cir. 1984). 72. See e.g. , Cantrell , 624 P.2d at 1057. 73. See Bornfield , 184 F.3d at 1145-46 76. 12 O.S. §577.2. 77. In re T.T.S. , 2015 OK 36, ¶18, 373 P.3d 1022, 1029. 78. Id. 79. United States v. Freeman , 70 F.4th 1265, 1280 n.13 (10th Cir. 2023). 80. United States v. Harper , 118 F.4th 1288, 1301 (10th Cir. 2024). (collecting cases). 74. Id. at 1146. 75. Id.

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