California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Lopez, 2d Crim. No. B294244 (Cal. App. 2020):
We agree Lopez forfeited his claim. "[U]nless a defendant asserts in the trial court a specific ground for suppression of [their] statements to police under Miranda, that ground is forfeited on appeal, even if the defendant asserted other arguments under the same decision. (People v. Polk (2010) 190 Cal.App.4th 1183, 1194 [appellant forfeited claim that she was not given proper Miranda warnings because her sole claim of
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