Sentence examples for error in the instructions from inspiring English sources

There is no claim in this case of any error in the instructions to the jury.

I agree with the Court that there was error in the instructions concerning malice.

Given this possibility, the error in the instructions requires reversal of the judgment.

A single lot of an infant prescription cold medicine is being recalled nationwide by its manufacturer because of an error in the instructions printed on the product's label, a drug company announced.

The program's control is so tight that, as has long been known, a single error in the instructions can cause malfunctions such as sickle-cell anemia and other hereditary diseases.

So stated, Frady's claim of actual prejudice has validity only if an error in the instructions concerning an element of the crime charged amounts to prejudice per se, regardless of the particular circumstances of the individual case.

Because of these errors in the instructions, petitioner is entitled to a new trial.

Rule 52(b) of the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure permits a criminal conviction to be overturned on direct appeal for "plain error" in the jury instructions, even if the defendant failed to object to the erroneous instructions before the jury retired, as required by Rule 30.

The College Board, owner of the SAT, is dumping not one but two sections of the June 6 SAT because of printing errors in the instruction booklets given in the United States — and it has revised its explanation for what happened on that day when hundreds of thousands of students took the college entrance exam.

The Court of Appeals also found that the circuit court did not commit error in the jury instructions that were given or refused.

The Government contends that any error in the jury instructions was harmless because no rational jury could have concluded that McFadden was unaware that the substances he was distributing were controlled.