Is there any case law where an error prevented a witness from testifying?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Gonzalez, B222069 (Cal. App. 2011):
Vazquez from testifying. We, therefore, also do not find it reasonably probable that defendant would have received a more favorable result in the absence of the alleged error. (People v. Watson (1956) 46 Cal.2d 818, 836.)
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