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· 5/13/1974

Donnelly v. DeChristoforo

Citations

  • 416 U.S. 637
  • 94 S. Ct. 1868
  • 40 L. Ed. 2d 431
  • 1974 U.S. LEXIS 138

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  • “‘[I]t must be established not merely that the instruction is undesirable, erroneous or even 1 “universally condemned,” but that it violated some [constitutional right].’”

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