What is the test for making a constitutional objection at trial?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Tapella, C081597 (Cal. App. 2017):
"[C]onstitutional objections must be interposed before the trial judge in order to preserve such contentions for appeal." (People v. Rudd (1998) 63 Cal.App.4th 620, 628.) Even due process claims may be forfeited by the failure to assert them in a timely manner in the trial court. (See People v. Toro (1989) 47 Cal.3d 966, 975-976, overruled on other grounds by People v. Guiuan (1998) 18 Cal.4th 558, 568, fn. 3.)
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