to the propriety of the court of appeals' decision to address the question of standing sua sponte when the prosecution failed to raise the issue in the suppression hearing, at trial, or on appeal. Our starting point is the basic principle of appellate jurisprudence that arguments not advanced on appeal are generally deemed waived. People v. Salazar, 964 P.2d 502, 507 (Colo.1998) ("It is axiomatic that issues not raised in or decided by a lower court will not be addressed for the first time on appeal."). Indeed, even where a waived point arguably may have led to affirmance of a conviction, courts generally decline to consider such points when parties-the government or otherwise-fail to address them in briefings or arguments. See, eg., People v. Hearty, 644 P.2d 302, 311-12 (Colo.1982) (<HOLDING>); United States v. Ford, 525 F.2d 1308, 1310
holding that the defendant waived the right to challenge a suppression ruling on appeal holding objection need not occur at suppression hearing holding prosecutors withdrawal of standing objection at suppression hearing waived issue on appeal holding individual standing issue waived holding appellant waived argument by failing to assert it at suppression hearing