Silber v. United States

How courts have described this case

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• reversing judgment for plain error as a result of a defective indictment
• “The Court has ‘the power to notice a plain error though it is not assigned or specified.’”
• “Where plain error is apparent, the issue may be raised sua sponte by this court even though it is not assigned or specified.”
• appel- late courts may on their own motion notice errors to which no excep- tion has been taken, if they are obvious or if they otherwise seriously affect the fairness of the proceedings

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