Acord v. Acord

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• holding that § 2241(a)(1)’s “element of force does not require proof of actual violence” and “may be inferred by such facts as disparity in size between victim and assailant, or disparity in coercive power” (quotation omitted)
• noting that “it may be appropriate to [apply harmless-error review] where the certainty of the harmlessness is readily apparent”
• noting that “it may be appropriate to [apply harmless-error review] where the certainty of the harmlessness is readily apparent”
• finding harmless error where the element of a crime that was not properly submitted to the jury was still supported by overwhelming and uncontroverted evidence
• discussing availability of harmless-error analysis when the appellate court confronts “an instructional error on one of two independent alternative grounds for conviction”
• finding harmless error where the element of a 12 crime that was not properly submitted to the jury was still supported by overwhelming and uncontroverted evidence

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