Does defendant waive the right to object to the form of a verdict?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Jones, 131 Cal.Rptr.2d 468, 29 Cal.4th 1229, 64 P.3d 762 (Cal. 2003):
As the Attorney General points out, defendant waived this issue by failing to object to the form of the verdict when the court proposed to submit it or when the jury returned its finding. (People v. Bolin, supra, 18 Cal.4th at p. 330, 75 Cal. Rptr.2d 412, 956 P.2d 374.)
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