California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Ayala, 1 P.3d 3, 23 Cal.4th 225, 96 Cal.Rptr.2d 682 (Cal. 2000):
"Because the question whether defendant has preserved his right to raise this issue on appeal is close and difficult, we assume he has preserved his right, and proceed to the merits. We have done the same in similar situations in the past." (People v. Bruner (1995) 9 Cal.4th 1178, 1183, fn. 5, 40 Cal.Rptr.2d 534, 892 P.2d 1277.)
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