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O'Neal Vs. McAninch

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  • US Supreme Court
  • Oct 31, 1994

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  4. Brecht Vs. Abrahamson US Supreme Court · Apr 21, 1993
  5. United States Vs. Olano US Supreme Court · Apr 26, 1993
  6. Palmer Vs. Hoffman US Supreme Court · Feb 01, 1943
  7. United States Vs. Hasting US Supreme Court · May 23, 1983
  8. U.S. 432 (1994) October Term, 1994 Syllabus O'Neal V. Mcaninch
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  9. see, e. g., Brecht v. Abrahamson
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  10. legal conclusion rests upon three considerations. First, it is supported by precedent. See, e. g., Kotteakos v. United
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  11. U. S. 18 ,24. Brecht, supra, at 637, and Palmer v. Hoffman
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  12. Simmonds Ballentine of the Virgin Islands, James S. Gilmore III of Virginia, Christine O. Gregoire of Washington, Darrell v. McGraw
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  13. O'Neal v. Morris
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  14. Id., at 145 (quoting Brecht v. Abrahamson
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  15. U. S. 619 , 627 (1993) (quoting, and adopting, standard set forth in Kotteakos v. United
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  16. question in the context of direct review of a nonconstitutional trial error, it applied the same rule. In Kotteakos v. United
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  17. whether an error affected a jury in this way, the judge must treat the error as if it did so. See also United States v. Olano
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  18. Ibid. We must concede that in Brecht v. Abrahamson
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  19. We further acknowledge that this Court, in Palmer v. Hoffman
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  20. see Bruno v. United
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  21. in civil cases. See, e. g., Erskine v. Consolidated
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  22. Flanigan v. Burlington
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  23. Creekmore v. Crossno
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  24. The State contends that, because a habeas proceeding, technically speaking, is a civil proceeding, see, e. g., Browder v. Director
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  25. and applies in both civil and criminal proceedings. See McDonough Power Equipment, Inc. v. Greenwood
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  26. court is in grave doubt as to the harmlessness of an error that affects substantial rights, it should grant relief. v. For
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  27. burden of persuasion with respect to whether the defendant's actions caused harm. See, e. g., Wards Cove Packing Co. v. Atonio
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  28. Mc Cleskey v. Zant
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  29. U. S. 436 , 453 (1986) (plurality opinion) (quoting Engle v. Isaac
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  30. indicate that upsetting the finality of judgments should be countenanced only in rare instances. See, e. g., Brecht v. Abrahamson
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  31. U. S. 195 , 210 (1989) (O'CONNOR, J., concurring) (quoting Harris v. Reed
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  32. Brecht, supra, at 627 (quoting Kotteakos v. United
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  33. and United States 449 v. Olano
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  34. be of greater relevance. As the Court admits, habeas is a civil proceeding. See ante, at 440 (citing Browder v. Director
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  35. Dept. of Corrections of Ill., 434 U. S. 257 , 269 (1978)). Although the Court acknowledges that Palmer v. Hoffman
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  36. the issue place the burden of showing prejudice on the civil appellant, just as Palmer did. See, e. g., Smith v. Wal-Mart
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  37. United States v. Killough
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  38. United States v. Seaboard
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  39. see also ante, at 440 (citing cases from the Sixth, Eighth, and Tenth Circuits). But see Barth v. Gelb
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  40. when conducting a harmless-error analysis, United States v. Hasting
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  41. Syllabus O'NEAL v. McANINCH
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  42. Kotteakos v. United
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  43. and Palmer v. Hoffman
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  44. In Kotteakos v. United
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  45. Bruno v. United
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  46. Erskine v. Consolidated
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  47. Browder v. Director
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  48. See McDonough Power Equipment, Inc. v. Greenwood
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  49. Wards Cove Packing Co. v. Atonio
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  50. Harris v. Reed
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