California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Dedeker, C087350 (Cal. App. 2019):
We conclude defendant forfeited his challenge by not objecting below. In People v. Myles (2012) 53 Cal.4th 1181 at page 1214, the court found the defendant forfeited a similar claim where the defendant did not object when the victim-witness advocate accompanied a witness to the witness stand. (See also People v. Stevens (2009) 47 Cal.4th 625, 641 [defendant's failure to object to the support person's presence at trial waived any claim of error from the procedure used].) Even if defendant had properly preserved his objection, there is no merit to his contention.
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