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More than 10.000 documents for harmless error standard of review

- U.S. v. Blechman, (10th Cir. 2011)
...Nevertheless, because we conclude that the error was harmless, we AFFIRM Blechman's convictions. . ... Standard of Review "We review a district court's evi...
- Federal Circuits
- Brecht v. Abrahamson, 507 U.S. 619 (1993)
...Ohio, 426 U. S. 610 , and this error was sufficiently "prejudicial" to require reversal... conviction, holding that the error was "'harmless beyond a reasonable doubt'" under the standard set... and set aside the conviction on habeas review. In reversing, the Court of Appeals held that the ...
- U.S. Supreme Court
- Avoiding Not-So-Harmless Errors: The Appropriate Standards for Appellate Review of Willful-Blindness Jury Instructions
Federal trial courts frequently misuse willful-blindness jury instructions. This note argues for the federal appellate courts to implement a consistent set of standards that would curb this misuse and help bring clarity to the willful-blindness doctrine.
- Iowa Law Review
- Nbr. 97-1, November 2011

- Robert Consalvo v. Secretary, Department of Corrections, et al, (11th Cir. 2011)
.... STANDARD OF REVIEW Petitioner’s habeas petition is ..., it likewise concluded that no Giglio error existed because “the trial court did not err in ... this error was not -- and cannot be -- harmless. . Gardner establishes that a “petitioner ...
- Federal Circuits
- Rushen v. Spain, 464 U.S. 114 (per curiam) (1983)
... constituted federal constitutional error, they were harmless "beyond a reasonable doubt." H... application of the harmless-error standard impossible. The Court of Appeals affirmed on the b...The California Supreme Court denied review. Respondent then petitioned for a writ of habeas ...
- U.S. Supreme Court
- United States v. Vonn, 535 U.S. 55 (2002)
... disregarded" is similar to the general "harmless-error" rule in Rule 52(a). However, Rule l1(h) doe... all Rule 11 violations to harmless-error review. Declining to go beyond the plea proceeding in con... an intent to exclude the plain-error standard with which harmless error is paired in Rule 52. Ho...
- U.S. Supreme Court
- California v. Roy, 519 U.S. 2 (per curiam) (1996)
...Despite this error, the State Court of Appeal affirmed Roy's convictiion, finding that the error was "harmless beyond a reasonable doubt." See Chapman v. Califor... Circuit applied a special harmless-error standard, which it believed combined aspects of the decisio...'s intent part is harmless only if a review of the assistance and knowledge facts found by the...
- U.S. Supreme Court
- United States v. Lane, 474 U.S. 438 (1986)
... Misjoinder under Rule 8(b) is subject to harmless-error analysis and is not reversible error per se.... made clear that it is the duty of a reviewing court to consider the trial record as a whole and ... stronger because the specific joinder standards of Rule 8 are not themselves of constitutional mag...
- U.S. Supreme Court
- Perkins v. Herbert, (2nd Cir. 2010)
... on the ground that the constitutional errors had been "harmless beyond a reasonable doubt" in l... the "substantial and injurious effect" standard set forth in Brecht v. Abrahamson, 507 U.S. 619, 6...at 2321). . Accordingly, rather than reviewing the state court's application of the Chapman test,...
- Federal Circuits
- USA V. JAMONN LINDSEY, (9th Cir. 2011)
...Due to the district court's error in counting, Appellant Jamonn Lamont Lindsey ("Lin... Annigoni's automatic reversal rule and review the denial of Lindsey's peremptory challenge underr a more deferential standard of review. Finding no reversible error, we affirm ... of errors for which there can be no harmless-error review, citing United States v. Annigoni, 96...
- Federal Circuits