Is a defendant's failure to object a prosecutor's comments that went beyond the evidence?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Daniels, 277 Cal.Rptr. 122, 52 Cal.3d 815, 802 P.2d 906 (Cal. 1991):
35 Defendant contends that the prosecutor's comments went beyond the evidence, but that contention is barred by his failure to object. (See People v. Green (1980) 27 Cal.3d 1, 34, 164 Cal.Rptr. 1, 609 P.2d 468.)
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