Is a defendant's failure to request additional instructions or request clarification of existing instructions a waiver of their right to complain of any omission on appeal?

California, United States of America


The following excerpt is from People v. Montalvo, 10 Cal.App.3d 716, 88 Cal.Rptr. 658 (Cal. App. 1970):

The failure to request additional instructions or to request clarification of existing instructions constitutes a waiver of defendant's right to complain of any such omission on appeal. (People v. Harrison,

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