Is a defendant permitted to raise objections on appeal against comments made by the district attorney during the closing argument?

California, United States of America

The following excerpt is from People v. Miranda, 241 Cal.Rptr. 594, 44 Cal.3d 57, 744 P.2d 1127 (Cal. 1987):

Defendant asserts that numerous comments made by the district attorney during closing argument constituted prejudicial misconduct. However, because he failed to object to any of the challenged statements at trial, he is precluded from raising the objections on appeal. ²⁶ (People v. Green, supra, 27 Cal.3d at p. 27, 164 Cal.Rptr. 1, 609 P.2d 468.) None of the claimed errors were of such significance that they could not have been cured by an admonition. We therefore deem any error to be waived. (Cf. Green, supra, at pp. 34-35, 164 Cal.Rptr. 1, 609 P.2d 468.)

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