What is the test for determining whether an instruction was prejudicial?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Jones, 239 Cal.Rptr.3d 109, 28 Cal.App.5th 316 (Cal. App. 2018):
Estelle v. McGuire (1991) 502 U.S. 62, 72-73, 112 S.Ct. 475, 116 L.Ed.2d 385 ), and suggests we apply the Chapman standard to determine whether the instruction was prejudicial.
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