What is the test for finding that a trial court error prejudiced defendant under the Chapman6 standard of review?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Casique, B284945 (Cal. App. 2020):
We next address whether the trial court's error prejudiced defendant under the Chapman6 standard of review, that is, "'whether it is clear beyond a reasonable doubt that a rational jury would have rendered the same verdict absent the error.'" (Canizales, supra, 7 Cal.5th at p. 615; accord, People v. Aledamat (2019) 8 Cal.5th 1, 13 [alternative-theory error is subject to
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