Lower Colorado River Authority v. Burnet Central Appraisal District

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• concluding that plain error affected substantial rights of appellant convicted of aiding and abetting second-degree murder
• concluding that the defendant’s substantial rights were affected by an erroneous instruction where the jury could have believed the defendant’s version of events and yet still convicted him because of the instructional errors
• concluding that error in accomplice-liability instruction is plain in light of Kelley
• explaining that a “large quantum” of evidence presented by the state may be sufficient to overcome prejudice caused by instructional error
• “[T]he State had to prove beyond a reasonable doubt that Huber knew the other person was going to commit ...(emphasis added)
• “[T]he fourth prong is satisfied only in those circumstances in which a miscarriage of justice would otherwise result.” (quotation omitted)

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