United States v. Dussard

How courts have described this case

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

• “[A]n error is ‘plain’ within the meaning of Rule 52(b) if the error is established at the time of the appeal.”
• “An error affects the defendant’s substantial rights when it is prejudicial – that is, when there is a reasonable probability that the error affected the outcome of the proceeding.” (internal quotation marks omitted)
• “The burden is on the [defendant] to meet [the plain-error] standard.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).