California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from THE PEOPLE v. TIMOTHY CRAYTON 122999 CAAPP2, 91 Cal.Rptr.2d 488 (Cal. App. 1999):
We still do not know which documents defendant proffered in evidence. Without that information, even assuming that the trial court erred in excluding the medical records from evidence, we cannot infer prejudice. Defendant frames the issue as a constitutional violation, subject to analysis under Chapman v. California, supra, 386 U.S. 18. We do not agree. Defendant was not prevented from making a record of the 11 pages of documents he sought to have admitted. He made no such record. Nor was he prevented from presenting a disability defense. Defendant used a wheelchair at trial. In his testimony, he told the jury that he suffers from paralysis and other medical conditions and uses various medical devices. Defendant was not barred by the court from calling other witnesses to verify his claimed disabled status.
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