California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Ayala, H042637 (Cal. App. 2017):
" 'A party desiring to preserve for appeal a challenge to the admission of evidence must comply with the provisions of Evidence Code section 353, which precludes reversal for erroneous admission of evidence unless: "There appears of record an objection to or a motion to exclude or to strike the evidence that was timely made and so stated to make clear the specific ground of the objection or motion." ' [Citations.]" (People v. Ramos (1997) 15 Cal.4th 1133, 1171.) In this case, defendant did not object to the prosecutor's question on the specific grounds raised here, so he has forfeited such objections. (Ibid.; Evid. Code, 353, subd. (a).)
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