Is a defendant's failure to object to or seek clarification or object to the instructions he now challenges?

California, United States of America


The following excerpt is from People v. Hamilton, F075220 (Cal. App. 2019):

Defendant's failure to object to, or seek clarification of, the instructions he now challenges forfeited his claim of error on appeal. (People v. Valdez (2004) 32 Cal.4th 73, 113.) His claim also fails on the merits.

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