Supreme Court· 3/27/1967

Chapman v. California

Citations

386 U.S. 18
87 S. Ct. 824
17 L. Ed. 2d 705
1967 U.S. LEXIS 2198

How courts have described this case

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

requiring courts to determine “whether there is a reasonable possibility that the evidence complained of might have contributed to the conviction”
\constitutional rights so basic to a fair trial that their infraction can never be treated as harmless error\
“constitutional rights so basic to a fair trial that their infraction can never be treated as harmless error”
an error of constitutional magnitude cannot be deemed harmless unless it is \harmless beyond a reasonable doubt.\
conviction should not be reversed if constitutional error was harmless beyond a reasonable doubt
error harmless if clear \beyond a reasonable doubt\ it had no effect on the jury's verdict

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Judges: Black, Harlan, Stewart

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Cites

52 cases in this archive are cited by this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

Other cases named Chapman v. California

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