Legal Opinion

Holguin-Hernandez v. United States

Supreme Court of the United States

Decided February 26, 2020No. 18-7739PublishedCited by 209 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Breyer

*764 A criminal defendant who wishes a court of appeals to consider a claim that a ruling of a trial court was in error must first make his objection known to the trial-court judge. The Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure provide two ways of doing so. They say that

"[a] party may preserve a claim of error by informing the court ... of [1] the action the party wishes the court to take, or [2] the party's objection to the court's action and the grounds for that objection." Fed. Rule Crim. Proc. 51(b).

Errors "not brought to the court's attention" in one of these two ways are subject to review only…

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2Cases cited20 opinions

  1. United States v. BookerSupreme Court of the United States · 2004
  2. United States v. OlanoSupreme Court of the United States · 1993
  3. Gall v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 2007
  4. Rita v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 2007
  5. Puckett v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 2009

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3Cited by209 opinions

  1. United States v. Rosie DigglesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 2020
  2. United States v. Diaz-LugoCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 2020
  3. United States v. Santario BoydCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 2021
  4. United States v. Eduardo Perez-RodriguezCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 2020
  5. United States v. Colon-CorderoCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 2024

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