plain-error-test

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Case Title Lower Court Docketed Status Flags Tags Question Presented
22-7632 Kristofer D. Garrett v. Ohio Ohio 2023-05-24 Denied IFP capital-defendant plain-error-test public-trial sixth-amendment structural-error substantial-rights Does a state court finding of structural error, based on a violation of a capital defendant's Sixth Amendment right to a public trial, satisfy the pla…
20-6226 Carlos Maez v. United States Seventh Circuit 2020-11-05 Denied Relisted (2)IFP appellate-review burden-of-proof criminal-procedure judicial-proceedings jury-instructions jury-verdict olano-standard plain-error plain-error-test sixth-amendment standard-of-review The Sixth Amendment requires that no person be convicted of a felony except on a finding by a jury that the government has proved its case beyond a re…