California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from The People v. Alejandre, A122416, Super. Ct. No. 0801266 (Cal. App. 2010):
Defendant's failure to object to the specific testimony that he asserts exceeded the scope of Palmieri's expertise, or to specify this ground of objection, forfeits his claim on appeal. (See People v. Bolin (1998) 18 Cal.4th 297, 321 [assertion on appeal that witness lacked necessary expertise under Evid. Code, 720 was forfeited due to lack of
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objection]; People v. Zepeda (2001) 87 Cal.App.4th 1183, 1208 [defense counsel's general objection to entirety of gang expert testimony insufficient to preserve objection to expert opinion on issue of defendant's intent to benefit gang].)
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