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· 6/9/1969

Acton v. United States

Citations

  • 395 U.S. 945
  • 89 S. Ct. 2018

How courts have described this case

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

  • applying the harmless error analysis to jury instructions, and asking “whether the ailing instruction by itself so infected the entire trial that the resulting conviction violates due process”
  • discussing intent standard for third degree murder

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