Supreme Court of the United States February 21, 1995, 93-7407 (O'NEAL v. McAninch)

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United States · · · 21-02-1995

Justice Breyer

delivered the opinion of the Court.

Reviewing courts normally disregard trial errors that are harmless. This case asks us to decide whether a federal ha-

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beas court should consider a trial error harmless when the court (1) reviews a state-court judgment from a criminal trial, (2) finds a constitutional error, and (3) is in

grave doubt

about whether or not that error is

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