Distinguishing structural errors from trial errors in review
Also stated as: Distinguishing structural errors from trial process errors
The pages courts cite for it
- Cited for: Distinguishing structural errors from trial errors in review
- Cited for: Analyzing structural defects in trial mechanism errors
- Cited for: Analyzing trial error: plain error versus structural error
- Cited for: Defining structural error and its implications for trial fairness
- Cited for: Distinguishing trial errors from structural defects requiring reversal
- Cited for: Distinguishing structural error from general trial error
- Cited for: Distinguishing trial errors from structural defects
- Cited for: Analyzing trial error as structural versus harmless
Ranked by how often Colorado courts cite each page. The bar is how citing opinions treated that page (green followed, yellow questioned or limited, red negative); a red or yellow chip is the case’s own overall treatment.
Colorado opinions citing these pages
- Peo v. Morado, No. 23CA1933 (Colo. Ct. App. Aug. 20, 2026)
- Peo v. Sanchez, No. 19CA0713 (Colo. Ct. App. Jan. 27, 2022)
- William Scott Pettigrew v. People of the State of Colorado., 2022 CO 2
- Ernest Joseph Tibbels v. People of the State of Colorado, 2022 CO 1, 501 P.3d 792
- v. Jennings, 2021 COA 112
- on v. People, 2020 CO 46
- v. Knobbe, 2020 COA 7
- v. Tibbels, 2019 COA 175
- v. Flynn, 2019 COA 105
- James v. People, 2018 CO 72, 426 P.3d 336
- People v. Vigil, 2013 COA 102, 328 P.3d 1066
From the opinions citing the top pages above (up to 400 per page are read), most pages cited first, then newest.
Named doctrine
The doctrine as Colorado courts name it, with the cases on each side (State Issue Map).
Nearest issues
- 9 opinions
- 7 opinions
- 26 opinions
- 47 opinions
Filed under: Harmless and Plain Error Analysis
Where else it is alive
Opinions per jurisdiction citing these pages. A span that stops early can mean the doctrine was dropped there.
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