Does the erroneous admission into evidence of an involuntary confession constitute a federal constitutional error?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Mendoza, F075908 (Cal. App. 2019):
The erroneous admission into evidence of an involuntary confession is federal constitutional error that requires a reversal of the judgment unless the prosecution can establish the error was harmless beyond a reasonable doubt. (People v. Cahill (1993) 5 Cal.4th 478, 509-510; Chapman v. California (1967) 386 U.S. 18, 23.)
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