Does a defendant have a right to object to a prosecutor's statements at trial?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Archila, B292052 (Cal. App. 2019):
As the Attorney General argues, defendant forfeited this issue by failing to object to the prosecutor's statements in the trial court. (See People v. Williams (1997) 16 Cal.4th 153, 254.)
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