Does Harmless error analysis apply to a jury instruction that omits an element of the offense?
MultiRegion, United States of America
The following excerpt is from Conde v. Henry, 198 F.3d 734 (9th Cir. 2000):
508 U.S. 275, 279 (1993). Harmless error analysis ordinarily must be applied to trial errors, including a jury instruction that omits an element of the offense. See Neder v. United States, 119 S.Ct. 1827, 1833 (1999)
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