Does an error by the trial court in making an order requiring disclosure of impeachment evidence be harmless?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Garcia, H043647 (Cal. App. 2018):
Moreover, any error by the trial court in making the order, or defense counsel in failing to object to it was harmless. Defendant did not seek to introduce any impeachment evidence, and therefore, he was not required to disclose it to the court or the prosecutor. Therefore, it is not "reasonably probable that a result more favorable to
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[defendant] would have been reached in the absence of the error." (People v. Watson (1956) 46 Cal.2d 818, 836.)
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