HENDERSON v. U.S.

No. 11-9307.

133 S.Ct. 1121 (2013)

185 L.Ed.2d 85

Armarcion D. HENDERSON, Petitioner, v. UNITED STATES.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided February 20, 2013.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Patricia A. Gilley , Shreveport, LA, for Petitioner.

Jeffrey B. Wall , Washington, D.C., for Respondent.

Donald B. Verrilli, Jr. , Solicitor General, Lanny A. Breuer , Assistant Attorney General, Michael R. Dreeben , Deputy Solicitor General, Jeffrey B. Wall , Assistant to the Solicitor General, Sangita K. Rao , Washington, D.C, for Respondent.


Justice BREYER delivered the opinion of the Court.

A federal court of appeals normally will not correct a legal error made in criminal trial court proceedings unless the defendant first brought the error to the trial court's attention. See United States v. Olano, 507 U.S. 725, 731, 113 S.Ct. 1770, 123 L.Ed.2d 508 (1993). But Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure 52(b), creating an exception to the normal rule, says that "[a]

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