scotusblog.com - 12/2/2008
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The Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that a conviction based on more than one theory of guilt, with one of those theories invalid, is to be judged on whether that was a harmless error. That is not to be treated as a “structural error” that undermines the verdict itself, the Court ...
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High Court Issues Ruling on Alternative Jury Instructions
ACSBlog: The Blog of the American Constitution Society —
... The U.S. Supreme Court ruled today that a federal appeals court jury verdict can be challenged when the jury may have relied on an invalid instruction regarding guilt. In an unsigned opinion, “Per Curiam,” the high court in Hedgpeth v. Pulido remanded the case to the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for “harmless error analysis,” reported Lyle Denniston for Scotusblog. The opinion in Hedgpeth is ...
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