Does Defendant's failure to object to the constitutionality of the statutes in the trial court forfeit this issue on appeal?

California, United States of America


The following excerpt is from People v. Wilkes, B281562 (Cal. App. 2018):

3. Defendant's failure to object to the constitutionality of the statutes in the trial court does not forfeit this issue on appeal because a vagueness challenge can be resolved as a matter of law. (People v. Hartley (2016) 248 Cal.App.4th 620, 633.)

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