Supreme Court of the United States
Hedgpeth v. Pulido
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- Type
- Opinion of the Court
- Per curiam
- Yes — no individual author
- Filed
- Dec. 2, 2008
- Case
- Hedgpeth v. Pulido
- Case status
- Decided
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Per Curiam. A conviction based on a general verdict is subject to challenge if the jury was instructed on alternative theories of guilt and may have relied on an invalid one. See Stromberg v. California, 283 U. S. 359 (1931); Yates v. United States, 354 U. S. 298 (1957). In this case the Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit held that such an error is “structural error,” requiring that the…
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