California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Brents, 12 Cal. Daily Op. Serv. 1341, 136 Cal.Rptr.3d 66, 2012 Daily Journal D.A.R. 1355, 267 P.3d 1135, 53 Cal.4th 599 (Cal. 2012):
3. What we said in People v. Loker (2008) 44 Cal.4th 691, 704, footnote 7, 80 Cal.Rptr.3d 630, 188 P.3d 580, applies here: [A]s to this, and almost every other appellate claim, defendant contends the alleged error infringed his constitutional rights. In those instances where he did not present constitutional theories below, it appears that either (1) the appellate claim is one that required no objection to preserve it, or (2) the new arguments are based on factual or legal standards no different from those the trial court was asked to apply, but raise the additional legal consequence of violating the Constitution. To that extent, defendant's new constitutional arguments are not forfeited on appeal. ( People v. Boyer (2006) 38 Cal.4th 412, 441, fn. 17, 42 Cal.Rptr.3d 677, 133 P.3d 581.) No separate constitutional discussion is required, or provided, when rejection of a claim on the merits necessarily leads to rejection of any constitutional theory or gloss' raised for the first time here.
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