What is the standard of review for claims of state law error?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Marroquin, F076530 (Cal. App. 2020):
claims of state law error. (People v. Coffman and Marlow (2004) 34 Cal.4th 1, 76.) The standard of review for claims of state law error is articulated in Watson, supra, 46 Cal.2d 818, and the question is whether it is otherwise reasonably probable defendant would have received a more favorable verdict in absence of the error. (Id. at p. 836).
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