What is reasonable doubt about whether a court's failure to give unanimity instruction was harmless error?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Milosavljevic, B254067 (Cal. App. 2015):
reasonable doubt because even if the reasonableness element had been included, the verdict would have been the same. (See Neder v. United States, supra, 527 U.S. at p. 18, [applying Chapman harmless error standard to instructional error omitting element of an offense].)
3. Trial court's failure to give unanimity instruction was harmless error.
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