Does the Attorney General have any authority to admonish a defendant on grounds of prosecutorial error or misconduct?

Although defendant objected on grounds of attorney-client privilege, he did not specifically object on grounds of prosecutorial error or misconduct. A claim of prosecutorial misconduct or error is preserved for appeal only if a defendant objects in the trial court on the same ground sought to be addressed on appeal and requests an admonition, or if an admonition would not have cured the prejudice caused by the prosecutor's action. (People v. Medina (1995) 11 Cal.4th 694, 761.) There is no indication that an admonition would have failed to cure whatever prejudice might have resulted from the prosecutor's questions in this case. Accordingly, the Attorney General

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