California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Mendoza, F075908 (Cal. App. 2019):
Given this record, we conclude Mendoza's putative testimony would not have affected the outcome of the trial. (See People v. Jablonski (2006) 37 Cal.4th 774, 817 [defendant who chose not to testify after his illegally-obtained statement was held admissible for impeachment was not prejudiced, "because his putative testimony would not have affected the result," at trial].) In turn, even assuming the court erred in ruling Mendoza's admission was voluntary, the error was harmless beyond a reasonable doubt.
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