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harmless-beyond-a-reasonable-doubt standard in Michigan

8 Michigan opinions name it 2 courts 1996–2022 1 in the last five years

The cases below were cited by Michigan courts in a sentence that names this issue. Sides come from how each citing opinion treated the case (Syfertize flag on that citation), so a case can appear on both: that is where the law is contested. A red or yellow chip is the case's own overall treatment.

Followed or applied (1)

CaseFollowedCited
People v. Shepherdgreen
mich · 2005 · cited in 2 Michigan opinions naming this issue, 2015–2022
2 sentences

2022See People v Shepherd, 472 Mich 343, 348 ; 697 NW2d 144 (2005) (applying the harmless-beyond-a-reasonable-doubt standard to a Confrontation Clause error).

2022See People v Shepherd, 472 Mich 343, 348 ; 697 NW2d 144 (2005) (applying the harmless-beyond-a-reasonable-doubt standard to a Confrontation Clause error).

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Distinguished, questioned or overruled (0)

CaseNegativeCited
No negative-treatment citations attached to this issue in Michigan. Read the followed side critically anyway.

Also cited on this issue (4)

CaseCitedYears
Chapman v. California red
scotus · 1967
2 sentences

2018Defendant posits that the court’s ruling implicates his right to present a defense and was an error so severe that it implicates due process rights, triggering the harmless-beyond-a- reasonable-doubt standard of review set forth in Chapman v California, 386 US 18, 24 ; 87 S Ct 824 ; 17 L Ed 2d 705 (1967).

2018Defendant posits that the court’s ruling implicates his right to present a defense and was an error so severe that it implicates due process rights, triggering the harmless-beyond-a- reasonable-doubt standard of review set forth in Chapman v California, 386 US 18, 24 ; 87 S Ct 824 ; 17 L Ed 2d 705 (1967).

31996–2018
People v. Mateo green
mich · 1996
2 sentences

1998For example, in People v. Mateo, supra at 221 , 551 N.W.2d 891 , the Court disposed of the harmless-beyond-a-reasonable-doubt standard for nonconstitutional errors.

1996As I articulated in People v. Mateo, 453 Mich. 203 , 551 N.W.2d 891 (1996), I believe the standard for preserved nonconstitutional error should be judged under the harmless-beyond-a-reasonable-doubt standard.

21996–1998
People v. Rockwell green
michctapp · 1991
2 sentences

2022The majority relies on the corpus delicti rule to conclude that the prosecution fails to demonstrate that any error was harmless beyond a reasonable doubt. “[T]he corpus delicti of a crime must be established by evidence independent of an accused’s confession[,]” but “[t]his rule is limited . . . to admissions which are confessions, and not to admissions of fact which do not amount to confessions of guilt.” People v Rockwell, 188 Mich App 405, 407 ; 470 NW2d 673 (1991).

2022The majority relies on the corpus delicti rule to conclude that the prosecution fails to demonstrate that any error was harmless beyond a reasonable doubt. “[T]he corpus delicti of a crime must be established by evidence independent of an accused’s confession[,]” but “[t]his rule is limited . . . to admissions which are confessions, and not to admissions of fact which do not amount to confessions of guilt.” People v Rockwell, 188 Mich App 405, 407 ; 470 NW2d 673 (1991).

12022–2022
People v. Robinson green
mich · 1972
2 sentences

2000People v Robinson, 386 Mich 551 ; 194 NW2d 709 (1972).

2000People v Robinson, 386 Mich 551 ; 194 NW2d 709 (1972).

12000–2000

Statutes the citing opinions construe

MI § Mich. Comp. Laws § 769.26 (4)

Counted by distinct opinions that both name this issue and are annotated to the section; sections every opinion cites regardless of issue are not filtered here, so read the counts against the total above.

Where else courts name it

CA 142 (1983–2026) HI 12 (1999–2020) UT 11 (2014–2025) MI 8 (1996–2022) FL 4 (1991–2009) MN 4 (2006–2024) MD 3 (2022–2022) MO 3 (2010–2013) IL 3 (1979–2009) AL 2 (1997–2010) CO 2 (2002–2015) DC 2 (2013–2025)

Opinions by the citing court's state. A doctrine retained in one state and abandoned in another shows up here as a year span that stalls.

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