Grullon v. State

Summary

The court held that Grullon did not affirmatively waive his challenge to the deliberate-ignorance jury instruction merely by answering that he had no objection after the charge was given. Although his failure to renew the objection forfeited ordinary appellate review, the claim remained subject to plain-error review because he had previously objected and had not intentionally relinquished the specific objection. The court therefore reversed in part and remanded for consideration of the remaining plain-error requirements, including whether the conceded instructional error affected the outcome.