The People, Plaintiff and Respondent v. Dawn Quang Tran, D — Cantil-Sakauye, J., Concurring in Part and Dissenting…

Summary

The Chief Justice concurred in parts of the majority opinion but disagreed with its treatment of harmless error. She concluded that the trial court's failure to advise Tran personally of his statutory jury-trial right and obtain his personal waiver was subject to case-specific harmless-error review and did not affect the outcome. Based on Tran's counsel's strategy and Tran's extensive prior experience with commitment proceedings, she would have affirmed rather than remanded the matter.