What is the test for determining whether an error in an educational guidebook is harmless?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Al Lammers, B276229 (Cal. App. 2018):
Accordingly, we conclude the People have not established beyond a reasonable doubt that the error was harmless. (See People v. McDonald (1984) 37 Cal.3d 351, 376, overruled on other grounds by People v. Mendoza (2000) 23 Cal.4th 896 ["An error that impairs the jury's determination of an issue that is both critical and closely balanced will rarely be harmless."].)
1.5. The instructional error was harmless as to counts 2 and 5.
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