769.26 Error in pleading or procedure; effect.
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769.26 Error in pleading or procedure; effect.
Sec. 26.
No judgment or verdict shall be set aside or reversed or a new trial be granted by any court of this state in any criminal case, on the ground of misdirection of the jury, or the improper admission or rejection of evidence, or for error as to any matter of pleading or procedure, unless in the opinion of the court, after an examination of the entire cause, it shall affirmatively appear that the error complained of has resulted in a miscarriage of justice.
History: 1927, Act 175, Eff. Sept. 5, 1927 ;-- CL 1929, 17354 ;-- CL 1948, 769.26
Former Law: See Act 89 of 1915, being CL 1915, § 14565.