Is there any reasonable probability that the verdict would have been more favourable to defendant if he was impeached with an erroneously described crime?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Coleman, B223207 (Cal. App. 2012):
We conclude from the evidence that there was no reasonable probability that the verdict would have been more favorable to defendant absent his impeachment with an erroneously described crime. (See People v. Watson, supra, 46 Cal.2d at p. 836.)
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