California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from The People v. Russell, No. D054408, No. SCN217314 (Cal. App. 2010):
technically forfeited the issue on appeal because he did not raise the objection below (People v. De Jesus (1995) 38 Cal.App.4th 1, 27), we "shall reach the merits under the relevant constitutional standards, in the interest of judicial economy to prevent the inevitable ineffectiveness-of-counsel claim." (People v. Norman (2003) 109 Cal.App.4th 221, 229-230.)
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