California v. Roy, No. 95-2025 (U.S. Supreme Court) (519 U.S. 2; 117 S.Ct. 337) (November 4, 1996) (Per Curiam)
In this significant decision on the ever expanding scope of the concept of "harmless error", the Court held that the Ninth Circuit had erred by applying the more stringent harmless error standard of direct appeals to a collateral appeal.
In his concurrence, Justice Scalia wrote: "I agree with what the ...
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