What is the effect of having out-of-court statements excluded from the facts of a criminal case?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. McCarty, C073563 (Cal. App. 2016):
In light of this strong circumstantial evidence of guilt, we conclude there is no reasonable probability the result would have been different had the challenged out-of-court statements been excluded. (See People v. Guillen (2014) 227 Cal.App.4th 934, 1015 [prejudicial effect of erroneous admission of hearsay assessed under harmless error standard of People v. Watson (1956) 46 Cal.2d 818, 836].) Moreover, even assuming
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