California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Santana, G054592 (Cal. App. 2018):
Defendant did not raise the equal protection argument below and has technically forfeited the issue. (People v. Pecci (1999) 72 Cal.App.4th 1500, 1503.) We address the issue to foreclose a future claim of ineffective assistance of counsel.
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