Is there any reasonable doubt that there would have been no reasonable doubt in a jury finding a defendant guilty absent the error?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Ford, H039251 (Cal. App. 2014):
reasonable doubt that a rational jury would have found the defendant guilty absent the error." (Neder v. United States (1999) 527 U.S. 1, 18.) In making this harmless-error inquiry, we conduct a thorough examination of the record. (Id. at p. 19.)
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