Legal Opinion
United States v. Dorotha Rhone
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided January 6, 1989No. 88-3028PublishedCited by 27 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion for the Court filed by Circuit Judge MIKVA.
MIKVA, Circuit Judge:
Appellant Dorotha Rhone challenges her convictions for mail fraud and theft on the ground that the district court gave an erroneous jury instruction on ignorance of the law as an excuse. We conclude that the instruction at issue was constitutional error and that the error was not harmless beyond a reasonable doubt, see Rose v. Clark, 478 U.S. 570, 582, 106 S.Ct. 3101, 3108-09, 92 L.Ed.2d 460 (1986); Chapman v. California, 386 U.S. 18, 24, 87 S.Ct. 824, 828, 17 L.Ed.2d 705 (1967). We therefore reverse appellant’s…
2Cases cited13 opinions
- Chapman v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- Sandstrom v. MontanaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
- Rose v. ClarkSupreme Court of the United States · 1986
- Liparota v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1985
- Lambert v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1958
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3Cited by27 opinions
- United States v. Oliver L. NorthCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1990
- UNITED STATES of America v. Darus H. ZEHRBACH, Appellant in No. 93-7477. Alex A. Mervis, Appellant in No. 93-7493Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1995
- United States v. Oliver L. NorthCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1990
- United States v. AguilarCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1989
- United States v. Antoine D. Washington, United States of America v. Glen Early, Jr., A/K/A William Kevin MarcusCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1994
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