Firefighters said the package was deemed harmless.
The foaming agent, lauryl alcohol, is acutely toxic to marine animals, but has been deemed harmless to human health.
Thus, while a core Confrontation Clause violation might not be deemed harmless error, the more general right to presence may be inherently susceptible to a harmless error analysis.
We conclude that there may be some constitutional errors which in the setting of a particular case are so unimportant and insignificant that they may, consistent with the Federal Constitution, be deemed harmless, not requiring the automatic reversal of the conviction.
8 If that reasoning were generally applied, however, any deprivation of the right to counsel at trial, perhaps short of totally denying any assistance whatsoever, could be deemed harmless error.
It is deemed harmless by the Food and Drug Administration, but critics say it has not been adequately tested for chain smokers who might use the e-cigarettes during most of their waking hours.
We rejected the argument that the Constitution requires a blanket rule of automatic reversal in the case of constitutional error, and concluded instead "that there may be some constitutional errors which in the setting of a particular case are so unimportant and insignificant that they may, consistent with the Federal Constitution, be deemed harmless". Id., at 22, 87 S.Ct., at 827.
In Chapman, we altered this practice and held that "there may be some constitutional errors which in the setting of a particular case are so unimportant and insignificant that they may, consistent with the Federal Constitution, be deemed harmless, not requiring the automatic reversal of the conviction". 386 U.S., at 22, 87 S.Ct., at 827.
Some were deemed betrayers.
Eight were deemed hazardous.
