State v. Momah

How courts have described this case

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

• stating a party may invite error by affirmatively assenting or materially contributing to it
• invited error doctrine is to prevent parties from misleading a court and then receiving a windfall on appeal
• invited error doctrine is to prevent parties from misleading a court and then receiving a windfall on appeal
• “In determining whether the invited error doctrine was applicable, courts have also considered whether a defendant affirmatively assented to the error, materially contributed to it, or benefited from it.”
• individual voir dire in chambers was not “structural error” and did not violate public trial right
• a criminal defendant cannot seek appellate review of an error she helped create even when the alleged error involves constitutional rights

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).