California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. McDowell, G058262 (Cal. App. 2020):
"To preserve a claim of prosecutorial misconduct for appeal, a criminal defendant must make a timely and specific objection and ask the trial court to admonish the jury to disregard the impropriety. [Citations.] A defendant will be excused from the requirement of making a timely objection and/or a request for admonition if either would have been futile. [Citation.] In addition, the failure to request that the jury be admonished does not forfeit the issue for appeal if an admonition would not have cured the harm caused by the misconduct or the trial court immediately overrules an objection to alleged misconduct such that the defendant has no opportunity to make such a request." (People v. Cole (2004) 33 Cal.4th 1158, 1201.) "A defendant claiming that one of these exceptions applies must find support for his or her claim in the record." (People v. Panah (2005) 35 Cal.4th 395, 462.)
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