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People v. Lee

California Supreme Court

Decided July 16, 1987No. Crim. 24961PublishedCited by 103 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion

LUCAS, C. J.

In this case, involving charges of attempted murder and robbery, the jury received contradictory, and partially inaccurate, instructions regarding the element of specific intent to kill required to sustain a verdict of attempted murder. We granted review to settle some uncertainties regarding the appropriate review standard to be used in determining whether such an error is prejudicial. As will appear, we conclude that the appropriate standard is the “harmless beyond a reasonable doubt” test for federal constitutional errors. (See Chapman v. California (1967) 386 U.S. 18,…

2Cases cited25 opinions

  1. Chapman v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
  2. People v. WatsonCalifornia Supreme Court · 1956
  3. Sandstrom v. MontanaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
  4. Rose v. ClarkSupreme Court of the United States · 1986
  5. Francis v. FranklinSupreme Court of the United States · 1985

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3Cited by103 opinions

  1. People v. KellyCalifornia Supreme Court · 1992
  2. People v. RogersCalifornia Supreme Court · 2006
  3. People v. MayfieldCalifornia Supreme Court · 1997
  4. People v. HowardCalifornia Supreme Court · 1992
  5. People v. FloodCalifornia Supreme Court · 1998

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