California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Collie, 177 Cal.Rptr. 458, 30 Cal.3d 43, 634 P.2d 534 (Cal. 1981):
1 At least one case asserts that the statute would allow review of the unchallenged admission of evidence if defendant could establish a "miscarriage of justice." (People v. DeVaney (1973) 33 Cal.App.3d 630, 635, 109 Cal.Rptr. 276.) But that reading of the statute is clearly incorrect: the statute allows reversal on the miscarriage of justice standard only if a timely and proper objection has been made. (Evid.Code, 353.)
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