What is the test for reversal of a verdict in a motor vehicle accident?

California, United States of America


The following excerpt is from People v. Guerra, A150152 (Cal. App. 2019):

not require reversal 'unless an examination of the entire record establishes a reasonable probability that the error affected the outcome.' [Citation.] 'Such posttrial review focuses not on what a reasonable jury could do, but what such a jury is likely to have done in the absence of the error under consideration. In making that evaluation, an appellate court may consider, among other things, whether the evidence supporting the existing judgment is so relatively strong, and the evidence supporting a different outcome is so comparatively weak, that there is no reasonable probability the error of which the defendant complains affected the result. " (People v. Thomas (2012) 53 Cal.4th 771, 814.)

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