18 USC § 3741 - Harmless error and plain error—(Rule)

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title: "18 USC § 3741 - Harmless error and plain error—(Rule)"
title_number: 18
title_name: "CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE"
section_number: "3741"
section_name: "Harmless error and plain error—(Rule)"
chapter_number: 235
chapter_name: "APPEAL"
part_number: "II"
part_name: "CRIMINAL PROCEDURE"
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currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-21"
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source_credit: "(June 25, 1948, ch. 645, 62 Stat. 846.)"
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# § 3741. Harmless error and plain error—(Rule)

### See Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure

Error or defect as affecting substantial rights, Rule 52.

Defects in indictment, Rule 7.

Waiver of error, Rules 12(b)(2) and 30.

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**Source Credit**: (June 25, 1948, ch. 645, 62 Stat. 846.)