In People v. Merritt, a divided Supreme Court found in March that the trial court had committed “serious constitutional error” in not instructing on the elements of a charged crime, but it also nonetheless concluded that the error was harmless. Today, the U.S. Supreme Court denied certiorari in the case.
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Cert denied in harmless “serious constitutional error” case
October 10, 2017
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