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Legal concept
In United States law, a harmless error is a ruling by a trial judge that, although mistaken, does not meet the burden for a losing party to reverse the
Harmless_error
Topics referred to by the same term
or harmless may also refer to: Hold harmless, legal term in the contract law concept of indemnity Harmless error, a mistaken ruling by a trial judge that
Harmless
1967 United States Supreme Court case
a constitutional error in a criminal case cannot be held harmless unless it was harmless "beyond a reasonable doubt." "Harmless error" rules were a well-established
Chapman_v._California
1987 United States Supreme Court case
the seven would have instead remanded to the court below to apply a harmless error analysis. In the part of Brennan's opinion joined by only three other
Young v. United States ex rel. Vuitton et Fils S.A.
Young_v._United_States_ex_rel._Vuitton_et_Fils_S.A.
Clause of the Sixth Amendment to the United States Constitution
violations are subject to harmless error review. Harmless error is not a standard of review, and is an analysis for whether the error might have affected the
Confrontation_Clause
2015 United States Supreme Court case
the Supreme Court held that even if the trial court committed error, the error was harmless and that Ayala did not suffer any actual prejudice. Justice
Davis_v._Ayala
Errors of various types may occur in legal proceedings and may or may not constitute grounds for appeal. Harmless error is one considered not to have
Error_(law)
1991 United States Supreme Court case
involuntary, 2) the harmless error rule had to be applied, and 3) in this case, use of the confession as evidence was not harmless. In 1982, Jeneane Michelle
Arizona_v._Fulminante
1999 United States Supreme Court case
a defendant is charged and convicted should be evaluated under the "harmless error" standard that the Court previously described in the 1967 case Chapman
Neder_v._United_States
Legal term provided by United States Courts
are deemed harmless errors. Higher courts will not reverse or remand the lower court's decision for harmless errors. A plain error is an error that is obvious
Fundamental_error
1993 United States Supreme Court case
whether to grant habeas relief due to unconstitutional error at trial, they should use the harmless error standard outlined in Kotteakos v. United States to
Brecht_v._Abrahamson
Legal term
action (such as an error made by the court) is prejudicial if it substantially affects a litigant's legal rights. Thus, a harmless error would not be prejudicial
Prejudice_(legal_term)
1996 murder in Tennessee; husband convicted despite absence of body
evidence against Perry had been so overwhelming as to make those issues harmless error. In 2015, the United States Supreme Court denied his certiorari petition
Murder_of_Janet_March
Illegal act or omission by a prosecutor in a trial by jury
maliciously break the law in order to secure convictions, and the doctrine of harmless error can be used by appellate courts to uphold convictions despite such illegal
Prosecutorial_misconduct
Covert investigation strategy
his confession was coerced, other evidence against him rendered it harmless error. Fulminante then appealed to the Supreme Court of the United States
Mr._Big_(police_procedure)
1946 United States Supreme Court case
affect the outcome. This case articulated the Kotteakos standard: an error is harmless unless it "had a substantial and injurious effect or influence in
Kotteakos_v._United_States
Child who legally severed his parental ties
termination and adoption proceedings simultaneously but that such error was harmless error; and The mother's immediate appeal of the order terminating her
Gregory_Kingsley
ASCII-compatible variable-width encoding of Unicode
throw an exception or truncate the string at an error but this turns what would otherwise be harmless errors (i.e. "file not found") into a denial of service
UTF-8
Reported pattern of negligence in the treatment of United States military veterans
President Obama indicating that the VA Office of Medical Inspector used a "harmless error" defense against allegations of unsafe practices at the VA including
2014 Veterans Health Administration controversy
2014_Veterans_Health_Administration_controversy
2007 United States Supreme Court case
indictment's omission of an overt act was a fatal flaw not subject to harmless-error review. The Supreme Court granted certiorari. The Supreme Court issued
United States v. Resendiz-Ponce
United_States_v._Resendiz-Ponce
2007 United States Supreme Court case
that argument in affirming, but it stated, without specifying which harmless-error standard it was applying, that "no possible prejudice" could have resulted
Fry_v._Pliler
American nonprofit political organization
of voter suppression in America and noting, "...focusing on these harmless errors to attack the efforts of the Voter Participation Center to bring more
Voter_Participation_Center
1986 United States Supreme Court case
ignore errors that are harmless, including most constitutional violations." After citing cases where the Supreme Court applied harmless-error analysis
Vasquez_v._Hillery
1986 United States Supreme Court case
Rule of Criminal Procedure 8(b) is subject to harmless error analysis, and it is not reversible error per se. In 1896, the United States Supreme Court
United_States_v._Lane
Windows driver troubleshooter
machines used in productive work. It can cause undetected and relatively harmless errors in drivers to manifest, especially ones not digitally signed by Windows
Driver_Verifier
to show that the error was harmless error, now the burden of proof is on the aggrieved party to show that the error was plain error. Moreover, in federal
Forfeiture_and_waiver
cannot consider evidence that was not presented at trial when making a harmless error determination about how the jury would have been affected by evidence
2025 term per curiam opinions of the Supreme Court of the United States
2025_term_per_curiam_opinions_of_the_Supreme_Court_of_the_United_States
1984 homicide by firearm of two 17-year-olds in Louisville, Kentucky, US
even without Wade's statement; so the admission of the statement was harmless error, and Taylor was not entitled to a new trial. Two of the Justices concurred
Trinity_murders
1992 United States Supreme Court case
require harmless error review on remand. In the next-to-last paragraph of the Court's opinion, Chief Justice Rehnquist noted that the question of harmless error
Dawson_v._Delaware
Error of sufficient gravity to warrant reversal of a judgment on appeal
which results in an unfair trial. It is to be distinguished from harmless errors which do not rise to a level which brings the validity of the judgment
Reversible_error
Type of marriage in the U.S.
in the Conflict of Laws". Louisiana Law Review. 64 (1 Symposium on Harmless Error - Part II Article 7). Retrieved August 13, 2022. Macke, Jason Andrew
Covenant_marriage
Amount of discretion an appellate court applies to overturning a lower court's decision
show that the error was harmless error. This approach is dictated by Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure 52, which holds, "[a]ny error, defect, irregularity
Standard_of_review
1984 United States Supreme Court case
Reassociating Bagley Materiality, Strickland Prejudice, and Cumulative Harmless Error". Journal of Criminal Law & Criminology. 95 (4). Marceau, Justin F.
Strickland_v._Washington
1985 United States Supreme Court case
Brady request is properly analyzed as error, and a resulting conviction must be reversed unless the error is harmless beyond a reasonable doubt. The court
United_States_v._Bagley
Order issued by U.S. Supreme Court
Seventh Circuit violate this Court's precedent on harmless error when it focused its harmless error analysis solely on the weight of the untainted evidence
Dismissed as improvidently granted
Dismissed_as_improvidently_granted
U.S. constitutional law preventing repeated punishment for the same crime
which was the case in Brantley, the second indictment constituted "harmless error". The Supreme Court rejected that idea: The Double Jeopardy Clause,
Double_Jeopardy_Clause
Digital content of people who died
2015-03-18. Note, Recent Case: Michigan Court of Appeals Holds Electronic Document to be Valid Will Under Harmless Error Rule, 132 Harv. L. Rev. 2082 (2019).
Death_and_the_Internet
American federal judge (born 1969)
It did so without even applying AEDPA deference to the state court's harmless-error determination." The U.S. Supreme Court then granted certiorari in the
Amul_Thapar
2009 United States Supreme Court case
rejection of a defendant's peremptory challenge to a juror constituted harmless error. Michael Rivera was convicted of two counts of first degree murder in
Rivera_v._Illinois
Type of jury verdict in criminal trials
instruction and overruled the remainder but deemed that instruction a harmless error and affirmed the conviction. In 2002, South Dakota voters rejected by
Jury_nullification
2015 United States Supreme Court case
the opportunity to consider whether the conviction could be upheld on harmless error grounds. Alito also addressed the First Amendment question, elided by
Elonis_v._United_States
US law
poor performance, and that the prejudice prong, in applying a form of harmless error review, would withhold relief from defendants who did not receive a
Ineffective assistance of counsel
Ineffective_assistance_of_counsel
Type of two-dimensional barcode
readable by imaging devices like cameras, and processed using Reed–Solomon error correction until the image can be appropriately interpreted. The required
QR_code
2009 United States Supreme Court case
decisions made by the Department of Veterans Affairs must use the same harmless-error framework used in other civil cases. Shinseki v. Sanders, 556 U.S. 396
Shinseki_v._Sanders
National rules of court appeals
defendant of a fair trial; 4. if subject to harmless error analysis, the state has failed to demonstrate harmlessness of the alleged constitutional violation
Appellate procedure in the United States
Appellate_procedure_in_the_United_States
Moment during a trial that radically shifts the likely outcome
effective assistance of counsel. The court agreed but held the violation harmless error given the overwhelming evidence against the defendants, who also could
Perry_Mason_moment
Design that does not penalize user errors
dialog box with the harmless option preselected in computer software for an action that could have severe consequences if made in error, such as deleting
Error-tolerant_design
October 21, 2026. "§ 5-4-603 - Findings required for death sentence -- Harmless error review". law.justia.com. Retrieved June 25, 2016. Arkansas state Constitution
Capital punishment in Arkansas
Capital_punishment_in_Arkansas
of a fair trial; and (4) if subject to harmless error analysis, the state has failed to demonstrate harmlessness of the alleged constitutional violation
State_v._Golding
2018 accident in upstate New York
adjournment was appropriate in light of the circumstances." But that was harmless error. As of January 2025, Hussain was incarcerated at the Attica Correctional
Schoharie_limousine_crash
American judge (born 1940)
2 J. Inst. for Study Legal Ethics 111 (1999). John M. Walker Jr., Harmless Error Review in the Second Circuit, 63 Brook. L. Rev. 395 (1997). John M.
John_M._Walker_Jr.
Surname list
Supreme Court of Nevada Earll v. State of Wyoming a textbook case on Harmless error Earl Earle (disambiguation) This page lists people with the surname
Earll
American judge
use of the harmless error doctrine has become identified with judicial conservatives, but in Judge Furman's day, the doctrine of harmless error was widely
Henry_Marshall_Furman
Econometrics book
Mostly Harmless Econometrics: An Empiricist's Companion is an econometrics book written by two labour economists Joshua Angrist and Jörn-Steffen Pischke
Mostly_Harmless_Econometrics
American legal scholar (born 1941)
of the Wills Act formalities, work which led to the adoption of the "harmless error" standard in the Uniform Probate Code. He has also called attention
John_H._Langbein
American professor
(1997). "Coerced confessions and the jury: An experimental test of the "harmless error" rule". Law and Human Behavior. 21: 27–46. doi:10.1023/a:1024814009769
Saul_Kassin
2010 United States Supreme Court case
the proper plain error test requires the appellant to show that (1) there is an error; (2) the error is clear or obvious; (3) the error affected the appellant's
United_States_v._Marcus
cannot consider evidence that was not presented at trial when making a harmless error determination about how the jury would have been affected by evidence
List of United States Supreme Court cases, volume 608
List_of_United_States_Supreme_Court_cases,_volume_608
United States federal criminal code
§ 3739. Supervision—(Rule) § 3740. Argument—(Rule) § 3741. Harmless error and plain error—(Rule) § 3742. Review of a sentence This section consists of
Title 18 of the United States Code
Title_18_of_the_United_States_Code
structural errors (such as the total denial of counsel), constitutional errors are subject to harmless error analysis, although they must be harmless beyond
United States constitutional criminal procedure
United_States_constitutional_criminal_procedure
American lawyer
constitution, was subject to harmless error analysis and that the defendant's conviction by unanimous jury of 12 persons was harmless error beyond reasonable doubt
Jimmy_Kuhn
US courtroom rule
Confrontation Clause. His conviction was nevertheless upheld as it was harmless error. In United States v. Rosen, in 2007 (the AIPAC Espionage Act case),
Silent_witness_rule
African American abolitionist wife of Dred Scott (c. 1820–1876)
months before. From the judge's viewpoint, overlooking Harriet was a harmless error as long as he granted her a new trial too. It seems that Harriet had
Harriet_Robinson_Scott
Glossary of Douglas Adams' phrases
they arrive at Milliways at the end of the radio series. Likewise, Mostly Harmless ends when Arthur stops at a street address identified by his cry of, "There
Phrases from The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Phrases_from_The_Hitchhiker's_Guide_to_the_Galaxy
Computer bugs related to the year 2000
The Year 2000 problem (Y2K) was the potential for computer errors on the Gregorian calendar related to the formatting and storage of calendar data for
Year_2000_problem
1967 United States Supreme Court case
Delli Paoli rationale but finding that any error to petitioner by the admission of the statements was harmless. 3. A closer examination of the record than
Gilbert_v._California
American convicted criminal
and worked in Schenectady County and other counties outweighed any harmless errors made by the county court. In 2014, the New York Court of Appeals refused
Steven_Raucci
American legal scholar
App. Prac. & Process 671 (2001) Disarray Among the Federal Circuits: Harmless Error Review of Rule 11 Violations, 2 J. App. Prac. & Process 143 (2000) The
Brent_Newton
Exaggerated or irrational thought pattern
degrading the self, amplifying minor external setbacks, experiencing other's harmless comments as ill-intended, while simultaneously seeing self as inferior
Cognitive_distortion
2006 United States Supreme Court case
but argued that such error should be subject to harmless error analysis, and that Gonzalez-Lopez was not prejudiced by the error. Justice Antonin Scalia
United States v. Gonzalez-Lopez
United_States_v._Gonzalez-Lopez
2006 United States Supreme Court case
including the waiver of speedy trial rights, and noted that any error was harmless. The Supreme Court granted certiorari to determine if the waiver was
Zedner_v._United_States
Death row inmate in Texas
Criminal Appeals, calling the circumstances of the coerced confession a "harmless error". In 2003, the International Court of Justice issued a preliminary injunction
Cesar_Fierro
Judicial position in Vermont, US
result. In Soucy v. Soucy Motors, Inc. (1983), the court abandoned that harmless-error approach, holding that the mere presence of side judges in an equity
Side_judge
2007 United States Supreme Court case
Criminal Appeals correct in holding that the improper jury instruction was harmless error and not sufficient to invalidate his death sentence? Was the Texas court
Smith_v._Texas_(2007)
1970 United States Supreme Court case
and remanded to the state court for another hearing to determine if harmless error analysis would require the courts to provide Coleman with any kind of
Coleman_v._Alabama
Statistical property
214–221. Angrist, Joshua D.; Pischke, Jörn-Steffen (2009-12-31). Mostly Harmless Econometrics: An Empiricist's Companion. Princeton University Press. doi:10
Homoscedasticity and heteroscedasticity
Homoscedasticity_and_heteroscedasticity
1967 United States Supreme Court case
remand to determine if the admission of the lineup without counsel was harmless error. The holding of Stovall that refused to apply the rule of Wade retroactively
Stovall_v._Denno
American legal scholar
Process". New York University Law Review. 91 (4): 762–854. — (2018). "Harmless Errors and Substantial Rights". Harvard Law Review. 131 (8): 2117–2186. —;
Daniel_Epps
determined that the introduction of the tape was harmless error. Sotomayor wrote to correct the court's error of law, noting that under Supreme Court precedent
2010 term United States Supreme Court opinions of Sonia Sotomayor
2010_term_United_States_Supreme_Court_opinions_of_Sonia_Sotomayor
Veterans Affairs • failure to give notice of required evidence • harmless error Roberts, Scalia, Kennedy, Thomas, Alito Souter 420 FCC v. Fox Television
2008 term United States Supreme Court opinions of Stephen Breyer
2008_term_United_States_Supreme_Court_opinions_of_Stephen_Breyer
The Ninth Circuit agreed with this argument, but held that this was harmless error on the part of the trial judge, "because, under a proper interpretation
United_States_v._Weitzenhoff
U.S.A law related to criminal sentencing
retroactively applied in habeas cases. And, it is subject to the principles of harmless error analysis. U.S. Const. amend. V provides: [N]or shall any person be subject
United States constitutional sentencing law
United_States_constitutional_sentencing_law
American political scientist (born 1959)
Terrorist Confessions Legal Times (February 18, 2008) Confessions and Harmless Error: A New Argument for the Old Approach Boalt Journal of Criminal Law (Spring
Alan_Hirsch_(professor)
Frequency used on standard electricity grid in a given area
protection devices and load shedding. Using ROCOF to distinguish between harmless noise and dangerous excursions is also difficult, and may cause false disconnects
Utility_frequency
Due Process Clause • felony murder • erroneous jury instructions • harmless error Souter, Ginsburg per curiam 102 Altria Group, Inc. v. Good 555 U.S.
2008 term United States Supreme Court opinions of John Paul Stevens
2008_term_United_States_Supreme_Court_opinions_of_John_Paul_Stevens
Veterans Affairs • failure to give notice of required evidence • harmless error Stevens, Ginsburg Breyer 414 Arthur Andersen LLP v. Carlisle 556 U.S
2008 term United States Supreme Court opinions of David Souter
2008_term_United_States_Supreme_Court_opinions_of_David_Souter
2013 United States Supreme Court case
unanimously that federal judicial participation in guilty pleas is subject to harmless error review". SCOTUSblog. Retrieved October 14, 2025. United States v. Davila
United_States_v._Davila
Natural number
for All the Fish, contains 42 chapters. According to the novel Mostly Harmless, 42 is the street address of Stavromula Beta. In 1994, Adams created the
42_(number)
2002 United States Supreme Court case
of an error that was never objected to in the Trial Court. — Chief Justice William Rehnquist, (quoting R. Traynor, The Riddle of Harmless Error 50 (1970))
United_States_v._Cotton
invalid one. When this happens, it is not structural error, so it is subject to constitutional harmless error analysis. As explained in Brecht v. Abrahamson
2008 term per curiam opinions of the Supreme Court of the United States
2008_term_per_curiam_opinions_of_the_Supreme_Court_of_the_United_States
Professional wrestling term
move or spoken line by mistake, miscalculation, or an error in judgment. Many botches are harmless, such as a wrestler simply flubbing a line, missing a
Botch (professional wrestling)
Botch_(professional_wrestling)
Baseball pitching statistic
allowed each runner to reach base). Also, in some cases, an error can be rendered harmless as the inning progresses. For example, a runner on first base
Earned_run
Designed to be proof against misuse or error
modifies tools, tasks, or the work environment so errors are prevented, revealed early, or rendered harmless. Because many mistakes arise from automatic mental
Idiot-proof
1964 United States Supreme Court case
courts to decide whether the admission of the hotel-room evidence was harmless error, as the Court had done in similar circumstances in Fahy v. Connecticut
Stoner_v._California
1998 United States Supreme Court case
even if the jury trial had taken place in the wrong venue, this was a harmless error that should not result in reversal. The Court concluded that trying
Lexecon Inc. v. Milberg Weiss Bershad Hynes & Lerach
Lexecon_Inc._v._Milberg_Weiss_Bershad_Hynes_&_Lerach
Unequal size of the eyes' pupils
to 20% of the population[citation needed], anisocoria is often entirely harmless, but can be a sign of more serious medical problems. Anisocoria is a common
Anisocoria
1977 United States Supreme Court case
the admission of his inculpatory statements at trial represented a "harmless error", as the Supreme Court had previously outlined in Harrington v. California
Wainwright_v._Sykes
Medical malpractice case in Wisconsin
questions asked during impeachment were improper, but that this was harmless error. Allowing the defendant to demonstrate the use of an ophthalmoscope
Nowatske_v._Osterloh
Mythical bogeyman
which is covered in seaweed. Shellycoats are considered to be relatively harmless compared to other water spirits like the kelpie. They may mislead wanderers
Shellycoat
American judge (born 1953)
that "the error was harmless" and denied the motion for a new trial. She indicated that the "knowing use of perjured testimony" is trial error and that
Sharon_Keller
travel, tourism, insurance
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