What is the impact of an error by the Court of Appeal on a jury in a case of mistaken identity?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Wright, 217 Cal.Rptr. 212, 39 Cal.3d 576, 703 P.2d 1106 (Cal. 1985):
Under these circumstances, we cannot say it is reasonably probable that a result more favorable to defendant would have been reached in the absence of the error. (People v. Watson, supra, 46 Cal.2d 818, 836, 299 P.2d 243.)
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