Court Opinion

ID: 9472096
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-05 03:49:12.83706+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T17:42:44.523050
License: Public Domain

ON PETITIONS FOR REHEARING
Reynosa argues that we have changed our test for plain error. We have not. Our formulation is the equivalent of that in the cases Reynosa cites, notably United States v. Jackson, 569 F.2d 1003, 1010 (7th Cir.1978), where this court said that it must “determine whether the instructional mistake had a probable impact on the jury’s finding that the defendant was guilty,” and concluded that it was “very unlikely” that it had. The same is true here; for the reasons stated in our opinion we are convinced that it is very unlikely that Reynosa would have been acquitted even if the district judge had not given the confusing instruction.