What is the effect of hearsay on a defendant's testimony?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Camacho, H043233 (Cal. App. 2017):
On this record, admission of any testimonial hearsay about the details of the predicate offenses was harmless beyond a reasonable doubt. (See Chapman v. California (1967) 386 U.S. 18, 24 (Chapman).)
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