Donald Beardslee v. Jeanne S. Woodford, Warden, of the California State Prison at San Quentin

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• concluding that failure to provide a correct mistake-of-fact jury instruction was not prejudicial where “a significant amount of evidence countered the mistake-of-fact theory.”
• concluding that failure to provide a correct mistake-of-fact jury instruction was not prejudicial where “a significant amount of evidence countered the mistake-of-fact theory.”
• concluding that failure to provide a correct mistake-of-fact jury instruction was not prejudicial where \a significant amount of evidence countered the mistake-of-fact theory.\
• holding that “clearly not extensive” Griffin errors were not prejudicial under an analogous standard where the prosecution implied, but did not stress, that the defendant’s silence meant a lack of remorse
• concluding that failure to provide a correct mistake- of-fact jury instruction was not prejudicial where “a signifi- cant amount of evidence countered the mistake-of-fact theo- ry.”
• holding that “clearly not extensive” Griffin errors were not prejudicial under an analogous standard where the prosecution implied, but did not stress, that the defendant’s silence meant a lack of remorse

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