HARRINGTON v. CALIFORNIA

No. 750.

395 U.S. 250 (1969)

HARRINGTON v. CALIFORNIA.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided June 2, 1969.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Roger S. Hanson, by appointment of the Court, 393 U.S. 1075, argued the cause and filed briefs for petitioner.

James H. Kline, Deputy Attorney General of California, argued the cause for respondent. With him on the brief were Thomas C. Lynch, Attorney General, and William E. James, Assistant Attorney General.


MR. JUSTICE DOUGLAS delivered the opinion of the Court.

We held in Chapman v. California, 386 U.S. 18, that "before a federal constitutional error can be held harmless, the court must be able to declare a belief that it was harmless beyond a reasonable doubt." Id., at 24. We said that, although "there are some constitutional rights so basic to a fair trial that their infraction...

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