Hedgpeth v. Pulido, No. 07-544 (U.S. Supreme Court) (555 U.S. 57; 129 S.Ct. 530) (December 2, 2008) (Per Curiam)
Here the Court held that a conviction based on jury instructions containing more than one theory of guilt, one of which was invalid, should not automatically be reversed as a “structural error” but should instead be evaluated for harmless error.
The Supreme Court has long held that a conviction based ...
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