Where trial counsel expressly concedes the voluntariness of a video record of interview and bases an exclusion application solely on discretionary grounds, the appellate court will not permit the voluntariness issue to be raised for the first time on appeal absent explanation for the forensic decision. An accused who selectively answers questions, understands the caution, and confirms the interview was of their own free will is unlikely to establish involuntariness.
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