Topic: an error is harmless when it is apparent on the face of the… · Go Syfert
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3 canonical passages across 3 cases, quoted by 16 opinions in total. These passages cluster together because the same opinions keep quoting them side by side: they state parts of one doctrine. The anchor passage is from McKee v. State.

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1 McKee v. State Anchor
miss · 2001
green “an error is harmless when it is apparent on the face of the record that a fair-minded jury could have arrived at no verdict other than that of guilty.” 7
2 Carter v. State
miss · 1998
green “where the prejudice from an erroneous admission of evidence dims in comparison to other overwhelming evidence, this court has refused to reverse.” 6
3 Jenkins v. State
miss · 1987
green “ultimate filter through which all otherwise admissible evidence must pass.” 3

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