Cooper v. Taylor, No. 93-7352 (4th Cir.) (103 F.3d 366) (December 31, 1996) (Judge Paul V. Niemeyer)
Loaded on Feb. 1, 1997
published in Punch and Jurists
February 10, 1997
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Plain Error.
But for Judge Motz' outstanding dissenting decision, one would be tempted to view this case as just another routine example of how the courts stretch to affirm convictions on the grounds that any error that occurred at trial was merely harmless-error. From the start of her exegesis Judge Motz …
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