Can a defense objection the evidence presented to a jury be considered irrelevant and inadmissible?

against its potentially prejudicial effect. (Id. at p. 188.) Here, a limiting instruction was given at the time the evidence was introduced, and a second limiting instruction was given when the case went to the jury. Consistent with these instructions, the prosecution made no suggestion Juan's conviction constituted substantive evidence of defendant's guilt. In these circumstances, a defense objection the evidence was irrelevant and inadmissible would have been futile. Defense counsel is not ineffective for failing to make meritless objections. (People v. Szadziewicz (2008) 161 Cal.App.4th 823, 836.)