Is improper vouching a sufficient basis to invalidate a claim?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Mendoza, 198 Cal.Rptr.3d 445, 365 P.3d 297, 62 Cal.4th 856 (Cal. 2016):
In the present case, to the extent the claim is based upon improper vouching, it is forfeited. (People v. Zambrano (2007) 41 Cal.4th 1082, 1166, 63 Cal.Rptr.3d 297, 163 P.3d 4 ["defendant's failure to raise a vouching objection at trial forfeits the claim on appeal"] disapproved on other grounds in
[365 P.3d 335]
People v. Doolin, supra,
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