Does a defendant have any right to complain to the court as to the form of a verdict?

California, United States of America

The following excerpt is from Lynch v. Birdwell, 285 P.2d 919, 44 Cal.2d 839 (Cal. 1955):

Although the record indicates that the blank forms of possible verdicts were shown to counsel for both sides before the case went to the jury, and that when the jury returned with its verdict the court conferred at the bench with both counsel concerning it, defendants do not suggest and the record does not show that they offered any objection on either occasion. Under such circumstances it appears to be the settled rule that they have waived any right to complain as to its form. (See Crowe v. Sacks (1955), 44 Cal.2d 590, 283

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