Tavares v. State

How courts have described this case

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• holding that a nonconstitutional error is harmless unless it had a substantial and injurious effect on the jury's verdict
• holding that trial court must give the limiting instruction at least twice: (1) immediately before the introduction of the evidence and (2) at the end of trial
• providing that an error is not harmless when it has a substantial and injurious effect on the verdict
• explaining that a nonconstitutional error is harmless unless it had a substantial and injurious effect or influence on the jury's verdict
• stating that a limiting instruction is warranted when \evidence may be used only for limited purposes\
• explaining that the test for nonconstiutional harmless error \is whether the error had substantial and injurious effect or influence in determining the jury's verdict\ (internal quotation marks omitted)

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