California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Hernandez, E071053 (Cal. App. 2020):
"The erroneous admission of a defendant's statements obtained in violation of the Fifth Amendment is reviewed for prejudice under the beyond a reasonable doubt standard . . . . [Citations.] That test requires the People here 'to prove beyond a reasonable doubt that the error complained of did not contribute to the verdict obtained.' [Citation.]" (Elizalde, supra, 61 Cal.4th at p. 542.) "'To say that an error did not contribute to the ensuing verdict is . . . to find that error unimportant in relation to everything else the jury considered on the issue in question, as revealed in the record.' [Citation.]" (People v. Neal (2003) 31 Cal.4th 63, 86.)
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