Is improper instruction sufficient to overturn a criminal conviction?

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The following excerpt is from Murtishaw v. Woodford, 255 F.3d 926 (9th Cir. 2001):

Henderson v. Kibbe, 431 U.S. 145 (1977) stated the rarity of the case in which an improper instruction will justify reversal of a criminal conviction when no objection has been made in the trial court.

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