Charles M. Siverson v. Michael O'Leary and Neil F. Hartigan

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• applying harmless error review to attorney’s absence during jury deliberations and return of verdict
• finding the absence of counsel during jury deliberations was harmless error
• jury deliberations and return of the verdict are critical trial stages; “like the ‘denial of assistance altogether,’ ... [this] constitutes a discrete situation that must be considered at least likely to result in prejudice to the defendant
• trial counsel's physical absence from courtroom while jury deliberated held to be structural denial of counsel during critical stage of trial; no separate showing of prejudice was necessary
• counsel absent during jury deliberations and return of verdict
• applying harmless error review to Cronic error

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