People v. Randolph

Defendant’s contention that the Sandoval proceedings were improperly conducted is unpreserved for review and, in any event, without merit. The court made it clear that any response to its inquiry to defense counsel for an indication of what defendant might testify about would be entirely voluntary. Moreover, the court noted that it was interested in "what the defendant is going to be saying, whether there is any other source for that kind of evidence”, an indication of the court’s intention to bear in mind what effect its ruling might have in inhibiting defendant from taking the stand (People…