What standard applies to a harmless error review?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Delgadillo, D074711 (Cal. App. 2018):
The first issue we must address in our harmless error review is what standard applies to our analysis. Delgadillo contends that the standard for assessing the prejudice resulting from federal constitutional error should apply. (Chapman v. California (1967)
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386 U.S. 18, 24 (Chapman).) The People contend that the instructional error is reviewed under the standard of prejudice for errors of state law. (People v. Watson (1956) 46 Cal.2d 818, 836 (Watson).)
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