State v. Whitmore

I agree with the majority’s holding that the admission into evidence of Whitmore’s response concerning ownership of the keys was, beyond a reasonable doubt, harmless error. There was ample evidence beyond that response which identified the Valiant as the automobile discussed by White and Whitmore and, therefore, to connect Whitmore with the Valiant. It is that evidentiary consideration which, pursuant to Holloway v. Arkansas, 435 U.S. 475, 98 S. Ct. 1173, 55 L. Ed. 2d 426 (1978), and Chapman v. California, 386 U.S. 18, 87 S. Ct. 824, 17 L. *460Ed. 2d 705 (1967), permits us to affirm the district…