If appellant fails to contemporaneously object that his sentence constitutes cruel and unusual punishment, does he forfeit his right to appeal against the sentence?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Willis, B267863 (Cal. App. 2016):
4. We need not discuss respondent's argument that appellant forfeited this claim by failing to raise it in the trial court because we reject the claim on its merits. (See People v. Speight (2014) 227 Cal.App.4th 1229, 1247 ["A defendant's failure to contemporaneously object that his sentence constitutes cruel and unusual punishment forfeits the claim on appellate review."].)
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