19 Cited authorities

Chapman v. California
386 U.S. 18 (1967) Cited 23,483 times 28 Legal Analyses
Holding that error is harmless only if "harmless beyond a reasonable doubt"
People v. Breverman
19 Cal.4th 142 (Cal. 1998) Cited 3,870 times
Holding that the failure to instruct on a lesser included offense in a noncapital case is, at most, an error of California law alone subject only to state standards of reversibility
People v. Watson
46 Cal.2d 818 (Cal. 1956) Cited 13,691 times
Holding that certain trial errors are harmless unless there is a reasonable probability that a different result would have occurred absent the error
People v. Chun
45 Cal.4th 1172 (Cal. 2009) Cited 1,028 times
Holding that Cal. Penal Code § 246 cannot be a predicate offense to support second-degree felony-murder conviction
People v. Moye
47 Cal.4th 537 (Cal. 2009) Cited 707 times
Finding failure to instruct on heat of passion voluntary manslaughter harmless because among other things, "[o]nce the jury rejected defendant's claims of reasonable and imperfect self-defense, there was little if any independent evidence remaining to support his further claim that he killed in the heat of passion . . . or acted rashly or impulsively while under its influence for reasons unrelated to his perceived need for self-defense."
People v. Blakeley
23 Cal.4th 82 (Cal. 2000) Cited 744 times
Finding that under circumstances in which defendant testified "the gun just went off," jury could have properly found "the death was the result of the failure to exercise proper care under the circumstances" and thus supported conviction for involuntary manslaughter
People v. Williams
26 Cal.4th 779 (Cal. 2001) Cited 690 times
Holding that assault does not require a specific intent to cause injury or a subjective awareness of the risk that an injury might occur
People v. Lasko
23 Cal.4th 101 (Cal. 2000) Cited 680 times
Holding that CALJIC No. 8.40 (6th ed.) was improper “because intent to kill is not a necessary element of voluntary manslaughter”
People v. Lee
20 Cal.4th 47 (Cal. 1999) Cited 530 times
Concluding that "an intentional killing is reduced to voluntary manslaughter ... when the defendant acts upon a sudden quarrel or heat of passion on sufficient provocation"
People v. Flannel
25 Cal.3d 668 (Cal. 1979) Cited 977 times
Abrogating Sedeno's requirement that jury instructions must be given whenever any evidence is presented, no matter how weak

PEOPLE v. BRYANT

19 Cited authorities

Holding that error is harmless only if "harmless beyond a reasonable doubt"

Holding that the failure to instruct on a lesser included offense in a noncapital case is, at most, an error of California law alone subject only to state standards of reversibility

Holding that certain trial errors are harmless unless there is a reasonable probability that a different result would have occurred absent the error

Holding that Cal. Penal Code § 246 cannot be a predicate offense to support second-degree felony-murder conviction

Finding that under circumstances in which defendant testified "the gun just went off," jury could have properly found "the death was the result of the failure to exercise proper care under the circumstances" and thus supported conviction for involuntary manslaughter

Holding that assault does not require a specific intent to cause injury or a subjective awareness of the risk that an injury might occur

Holding that CALJIC No. 8.40 (6th ed.) was improper “because intent to kill is not a necessary element of voluntary manslaughter”

Concluding that "an intentional killing is reduced to voluntary manslaughter ... when the defendant acts upon a sudden quarrel or heat of passion on sufficient provocation"

Abrogating Sedeno's requirement that jury instructions must be given whenever any evidence is presented, no matter how weak