ORDER
In its petition for rehearing, the State of California argues for the first time that Mitchell v. Esparza, ___ U.S. ___, 124 S.Ct. 7, 157 L.Ed.2d 263 (2003), requires the application of a new standard of review in habeas cases involving state court findings of harmless error. In our memorandum disposition in this case, we applied the standard of review initially established for such cases by Brecht v. Abrahamson,
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