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: ACS BlogHigh Court Issues Ruling on Alternative Jury Instructions
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 available here.
Full post as published by ACS Blog on December 02, 2008 (boomark / email).
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