Is appellant's claim to have been forfeited as a result of procedural violations?

As respondent notes, appellant's procedural violations entitle us to deem his contentions on appeal as having been forfeited. (Guthrey v. State of California (1998) 63 Cal.App.4th 1108, 1115.) While we are tempted to do so, we will instead consider the merits of this appeal. We do so because appellant's brief is not so incoherent and incomprehensible, nor the appellate record so inadequate and incomplete, that we cannot discern the nature of the case, what happened below, or what arguments appellant is making as grounds for error. We nevertheless find no merit to appellant's contentions.