Does the forfeiture rule apply to a defendant who fails to object to his sentence?

California, United States of America


The following excerpt is from People v. Deville, E057286 (Cal. App. 2013):

The People contend defendant has forfeited his challenge to his sentence because he failed to object at the sentencing hearing. (People v. Scott (1994) 9 Cal.4th 331, 353 [forfeiture rule applies to "claims involving the trial court's failure to properly make or articulate its discretionary sentencing choices," including the failure "to state any reasons or give a sufficient number of valid reasons"].) We agree that because no objection was raised at the sentencing hearing, the forfeiture rule precludes defendant's claims.

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