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U.S. v. HOLLY
United States Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit (2007) | 488 F.3d 1298
TL;DR: A sheriff was convicted of aggravated sexual abuse. The appeals court found the jury instruction on the "fear" element was erroneous, but applied harmless error review to affirm one conviction where evidence of the required fear was overwhelming, while reversing others.
Legal Significance: Establishes that when a jury is instructed on alternative theories of guilt and one theory is legally erroneous, harmless error review may be applied to the flawed theory alone, reconciling the harmless error doctrine of *Neder* with the alternative-theory rule of *Stromberg*.