Can a defendant object to an inquiry and later seek reversal for failure to conduct that inquiry?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Boone, B255781 (Cal. App. 2015):
People v. Burgener (1986) 41 Cal.3d 505, 521 [defendant cannot object to trial court's inquiry and later seek reversal for failure to conduct that inquiry], overruled on another ground in People v. Reyes (1998) 19 Cal.4th 743.)
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