Is a legal error by the California Superior Court harmless beyond a reasonable doubt?

California, United States of America


The following excerpt is from People v. Reynolds, G055864 (Cal. App. 2020):

Pursuant to Aledamat, supra, 8 Cal.5th at page 13, we must determine whether this legal error was harmless beyond a reasonable doubt pursuant to Chapman v. California (1967) 386 U.S. 18. (Aledamat, supra, 8 Cal.5th at p. 11.)

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