United States v. Pablo Juan Merlos

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• \The second prong of Olano's test is not satisfied unless the instruction given was plainly erroneous under current law at the time of trial.\
• error may be plain even in absence of controlling precedent if trial court failed to follow “legal norm[ that is] absolutely clear (for example, because of the clarity of a statutory provision or court rule)”
• error may be plain even in absence of controlling precedent if trial court failed to follow “legal norm[ that is] absolutely clear (for example, because of the clarity of a statutory provision or court rule)”

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