Does a party who fails to raise an issue at trial lose the claim on appeal?

California, United States of America


The following excerpt is from People v. Ortiz, C079847 (Cal. App. 2019):

does not forfeit the claim on appeal. (See People v. Brooks (2017) 3 Cal.5th 1, 92 [" '[r]eviewing courts have traditionally excused parties for failing to raise an issue at trial where an objection would have been futile or wholly unsupported by substantive law then in existence' "].)

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