Follow POL on Twitter The Fifth Circuit, in a remarkably shallow opinion, finds harmless error in Jeff Skilling's honest services fraud instruction and conviction. [Podgor (discussing harmless error procedure issues); Berman; Kirkendall; TalkLeft; WSJ Law Blog]
Fifth Circuit: "harmless error" in Skilling case
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