Does Defendant have a right to raise any constitutional issues on appeal?

California, United States of America


The following excerpt is from People v. Johnson, 67 Cal.App.4th 67, 78 Cal.Rptr.2d 795 (Cal. App. 1998):

2 Defendant failed to preserve any constitutional issues in the trial court, and thus, he has waived his right to raise them on appeal. (People v. Rudd (1998) 63 Cal.App.4th 620, 628-629, 73 Cal.Rptr.2d 807; People v. Pifer (1989) 216 Cal.App.3d 956, 963, 265 Cal.Rptr. 237.)

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