California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Lima, 262 Cal.Rptr.3d 864, 49 Cal.App.5th 523 (Cal. App. 2020):
"[T]o preserve a claim of prosecutorial misconduct for appeal, " a criminal defendant must make a timely and specific objection and ask the trial court to admonish the jury to disregard the impropriety. " [Citation.] The lack of a timely objection and request for admonition will be excused only if either would have been futile or if an admonition would not have cured the harm. [Citation.]" ( People v. Hoyt, supra , 8 Cal.5th at pp. 942943, 257 Cal.Rptr.3d 784, 456 P.3d 933.)
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