California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Davenport, G045259 (Cal. App. 2012):
Even if we assume that defendant's argument is correct, such error is not reversible per se. Defendant admits that if any error was harmless beyond a reasonable doubt, the judgment may be affirmed. (Chapman v. California (1967) 386 U.S. 18.) We conclude that any error was indeed harmless.
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