United States v. Saul Ramirez-Castillo

How courts have described this case

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• recognizing error is plain when it is “clear or obvious at the time of appellate consideration” and that error is so if “settled law of the Supreme Court or this circuit establishes that an error occurred” (citation modified)
• finding structural error where the trial court provided neither a “guilty” or “not guilty” verdict option to the jury
• stating that error qualifies as plain if it is “clear or obvious at the time of appellate consideration” and that clear or obvious error is present “if the settled law of the Supreme Court or this circuit establishes that an error has occurred” (cleaned up)
• “[T]he jury’s constitutional responsibility is not merely to determine the facts, but to apply the law to those facts and draw the ultimate conclusion of guilt or innocence.” (quoting United States v. Gaudin, 515 U.S. 506, 514 (1995)

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).