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U.S. v. WILSON
United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit (1992) | 966 F.2d 243
TL;DR: A defendant objected to a gun's admission at his drug conspiracy trial on relevance grounds but failed to mention unfair prejudice. The court held that a simple relevance objection does not preserve a Rule 403 prejudice argument for appeal, thus waiving the issue.
Legal Significance: This case establishes that a general objection based on relevance is insufficient to preserve for appeal an argument that evidence should be excluded as unfairly prejudicial under Federal Rule of Evidence 403. A specific objection on prejudice grounds is required.