California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Logan, G050983 (Cal. App. 2016):
1. As appellant admits, his trial attorney did not object to all of the alleged misconduct, which raises the specter of forfeiture. (People v. Samayoa (1997) 15 Cal.4th 795, 841 ["As a general rule a defendant may not complain on appeal of prosecutorial misconduct unless in a timely fashion - and on the same ground - the defendant made an assignment of misconduct and requested that the jury be admonished to disregard the impropriety."].) However, because appellant contends his attorney was ineffective to the extent his objections were inadequate we will consider all his arguments on their merits. (People v. Daya (1994) 29 Cal.App.4th 697, 714.)
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