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Black v. United States

Certiorari Denied

Petition for certiorari denied on May 31, 2011.

Docket No.10-1038
Op. Below7th Circuit

Issue

Whether the right to trial by a jury, and Chapman v. California and its progeny, permit a court to deem a constitutional error "harmless" on the ground that the government’s evidence supports guilt, without crediting evidence that favors acquittal or assessing the impact of the error on the jury.

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