Court Opinion

ID: 9824073
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-09-01 10:23:43.24335+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T12:43:41.705912
License: Public Domain

JENNIFER WALKER ELROD, Circuit Judge,
concurring in the judgment:
Aguilar conceded at oral argument that any error was not automatically reversible but rather subject to harmless error analysis. Because it is uncontroverted that the impaneled jury was impartial, and the evidence of Aguilar’s guilt was overwhelming, Aguilar’s substantial rights were not violated and any error was harmless. See Fed. R. Crim. P. 52(a) (“Any error, defect, irregularity, or variance that does not affect substantial rights must be disregarded.”). Accordingly, I concur in the judgment.