CALIFORNIA EVIDENCE: CIVIL AND CRIMINAL
...Court Control of Proceedings
......Objections
.........In General
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D forfeited his EC 1101 claim where his character argument at trial was not the same as the claim he raised on appeal and witness testimony relevant to co-D's appeal.

Trial court's blanket ruling overruling all but one of Ps' objections affirmed where Ps' appeal was void of factual analysis—they failed to identify any specific piece of D's evidence that was erroneously admitted or caused Ps prejudice.

F's counsel's objections, none of which stated grounds therefor, were insufficient to preserve issues for review—courts "have long passed the days when formulaic incantations were part of the judicial process."