What is the test for objecting to the wording of a trial court's response to a jury question?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Orosco, C081139 (Cal. App. 2018):
" 'When the trial court responds to a question from a deliberating jury with a generally correct and pertinent statement of the law, a party who believes the court's response should be modified or clarified must make a contemporaneous request to that effect; failure to object to the trial court's wording or to request clarification results in forfeiture of the claim on appeal.' [Citations.]" (People v. Boyce (2014) 59 Cal.4th 672,
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