California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Replogle, E053711 (Cal. App. 2014):
"'The doctrine of invited error is designed to prevent an accused from gaining a reversal on appeal because of an error made by the trial court at his behest. If defense counsel intentionally caused the trial court to err, the appellant cannot be heard to complain on appeal.' [Citation.]" (People v. Bailey (2012) 54 Cal.4th 740, 753 [ostensible failure to request instruction on lesser included offense].) "If one party believes that questions on cross-examination leave the jury with an incorrect impression,
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it can ask clarifying questions on redirect examination. In the same way, if an attorney believes questions on direct examination may have been incomplete or misleading, the attorney can explore the topic on cross-examination." (People v. Valencia (2008) 43 Cal.4th 268, 282.)
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