What is the test for determining whether there was a prejudicial error in refusing a self-defense instruction?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Saa, B268810 (Cal. App. 2017):
conclusion that defendant would not have obtained a more favorable result is one we reach beyond a reasonable doubt. (Chapman v. California (1967) 386 U.S. 18.)12 There was no prejudicial error in refusing the request for a self-defense instruction.
Defendant's conviction is affirmed.
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