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Court rules on jury instructions

ACSBlog: The Blog of the American Constitution Society found this 12/2/2008 on scotusblog.com

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 ...