Does Defendant's failure to object to the instruction at trial forfeit the issue?

California, United States of America


The following excerpt is from People v. Saavedra, 234 Cal.Rptr.3d 544, 24 Cal.App.5th 605 (Cal. App. 2018):

15 Defendant's failure to object to the instruction at trial did not forfeit the issue. (People v. Nelson (2016) 1 Cal.5th 513, 543, 205 Cal.Rptr.3d 746, 376 P.3d 1178.)

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