Court of Appeals of Oregon· 7/10/1985
State v. Powell
Citations
- 74 Or. App. 334
- 703 P.2d 257
- 1985 Ore. App. LEXIS 3444
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- holding that unless an erroneous instruction was unlikely to have changed the result of the trial, a reviewing court cannot say that giving the instruction was harmless error
- erroneous jury instruction is not harmless unless “there is substantial and convincing evidence of guilt and that the error committed was very unlikely to change the result of the trial”
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Judges: Gillete, Hoomissen, Young
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