Matter of Llewellyn

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that harmless-error analysis of an unconstitutional burden-shifting instruction \requires an identification and evaluation of the evidence considered by the jury in addition to the presumption itself\
• holding that harmless-error analysis of an unconstitutional burden-shifting instruction “requires an identification and evaluation of the evidence considered by the jury in addition to the presumption itself’
• holding that harmless-error analysis of an unconstitutional burden-shifting instruction \requires an identification and evaluation of the evidence considered by the jury in addition to the presumption itself\
• holding that harmless-error analysis of an unconstitutional burden-shifting instruction \requires an identification and evaluation of the evidence considered by the jury in addition to the presumption itself\
• explaining that an error is harmless if it “appears ‘beyond a reasonable doubt that the error complained of did not contribute to the verdict obtained’ ”
• stating that the instruction used at trial informed the jury that “malice is implied or presumed” when a deadly weapon is used (emphasis added)

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).