Allison Jenkins v. Keith Nelson

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• holding that if, in applying the proper standard, the court is “in grave doubt as to the harmlessness of the error,” the conviction must be reversed
• holding that this court should exercise its discretion to consider harmlessness of instructional error even though issue was not raised before the district court because the harmlessness of the error was certain and further proceedings would only be futile

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