Legal Opinion
Henderson v. United States
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided February 20, 2013No. 11-9307PublishedCited by 553 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Breyer
A federal court of appeals normally will not correct a legal error made in criminal trial court proceedings unless the defendant first brought the error to the trial court’s attention. See United States v. Olano, 507 U. S. 725, 731 (1993). But Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure 52(b), creating an exception to the normal rule, says that “[a] plain error that affects substantial rights may be considered even though it was not brought to the [trial] court’s attention.” (Emphasis added.) The Rule does not say explicitly, however, as of just what time the error must be “plain.” Must the lower…
2Cases cited18 opinions
- United States v. OlanoSupreme Court of the United States · 1993
- Johnson v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1997
- Yakus v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1944
- United States v. AtkinsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1936
- Hormel v. HelveringSupreme Court of the United States · 1941
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