CALIFORNIA EVIDENCE: CIVIL AND CRIMINAL
...Hearsay
......Confrontation
.........Criminal-State Cases
............Harmless Error
2 Cards On This Topic:

Though police statement of V [Ds' former hit man] implicating Ds in prior murders violated Ds' confrontation rights, error harmless under Chapman.

Even assuming the trial ct. erred in admitting co-D's brief three-word statement at crime scene, "Come on, Don," referring to D, the error was harmless under any standard in light of overwhelming other evidence.