Does the error which caused an appellant to forego testifying at a hearing be considered nonprejudicial?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Brown, 169 Cal.App.3d 800, 215 Cal.Rptr. 494 (Cal. App. 1985):
A review of the record herein convinces us that the error which appellant alleges caused her to forego testifying was nonprejudicial since it [169 Cal.App.3d 808] is not reasonably probable that a result more favorable to appellant would have occurred in the absence of that error. (People v. Watson, supra, 46 Cal.2d at p. 836, 299 P.2d 243.)
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