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California Supreme Court

Mar. 11, 2020

You do not forfeit an objection you didn’t have

How do you preserve an objection you never made or had? You hope the California Supreme Court changes the law after your trial and before your appeal is decided.

Don Willenburg

Partner
Gordon & Rees LLP

appellate law, litigation, special master

1111 Broadway Ste 1700
Oakland , CA 94607

Phone: (510) 463-8600

Email: dwillenburg@grsm.com

Stanford Univ Law School

Don is chair of the firm's Appellate Practice Group in Oakland, and an attorney member of the Information Technology Advisory Committee to the Judicial Council. The views expressed are his own.

How do you preserve an objection you never made or had? You hope the California Supreme Court changes the law after your trial and before your appeal is decided.

The Supreme Court recently decided two cases about the effect of its landmark decision in People v. Sanchez, 63 Cal. 4th 665 (2016). [See "$95

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