Error (law)

Errors of various types may occur in legal proceedings and may or may not constitute grounds for appeal.

Types of error
  • Harmless error is one considered not to have affected the trial's outcome and is thus not grounds for appeal. Harmless error is distinguished from "plain error" in that if error is "preserved"[1] by the making of a timely objection, the burden of proof is on the respondent to show that the error was harmless, but if error was not preserved, the burden of proof is on the appellant to show that the error was plain.[2]
  • Invited error is error brought about by a party's own conduct during a trial, and does not give grounds for appeal.
  • Reversible error is one that can lead to a judgment being overturned on appeal.
gollark: And that one's only something like 15 years old.
gollark: Or indeed *any* random stuff someone is transmitting, unless it's explicitly meant for me/broadcasting.
gollark: For example, the wireless telegraphy act some year or other technically forbids me from using my £30 RTL-SDR stick for picking up entirely unencrypted pager messages or whatever just broadcast over the radio spectrum.
gollark: Really, aren't MANY laws stupid?
gollark: ++delete <@!341618941317349376>

See also

References
  1. William B. Cassel; Anneliese Wright (2010). "Preservation of Error for Appellate Review". Law Review Bulletin (2 Neb. L. Rev. Bull. 1). p. 711. Archived from the original on 2016-11-16. Retrieved 2016-11-16.
  2. "Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure - Rule 52 (LII 2009 ed.)". Law.cornell.edu. Retrieved 2010-05-16.


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