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And correcting the error would have been necessary to ensure the fairness and integrity of the judicial proceedings because requiring the state to prove every element of the crime beyond a reasonable doubt “is indispensable to command the respect and confidence of the community in applications of the criminal law.” (quotation omitted).

Errors are plain when they are “clear or obvious.” (quotation omitted).

Errors are plain when they are “clear or obvious.” (quotation omitted).

.” (quotation 2 We acknowledge that Bromen objected during trial to one of the statements on the basis of relevance.

We reaffirmed our Brechon analysis in

-78 (Minn. 2002) (“The Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution ‘protects the accused against conviction except upon proof beyond a reasonable doub t of every fact necessary to constitute the crime with which [the accused] is charged.’”) (quoting In re Winship, 397 U.S.

(quoting State v. Burg , , 678 (Minn. 2002) ).

State v. Burg , , 678 (Minn. 2002).

uming arguendo that there was plain error, Hodapp cannot show that such an error “substantially affected the verd ict.” “To show that the error affected substantial rights, the defendant bears the heavy burden of showing that the error was prejudicial — that is, the defendant must show that there is a reasonable likelihood that the error substantially affected the verd ict.” State v. Burg , (quotation omitted).

includes the absence of a fact in the definition of an offense, the absence of that fact is generally treated as an element of the offense.”

See 9 (“To show that the error affected substantial rights, the defendant bears the heavy burden of showing that the error was prejudicial-that is, the defendant must show that there is a reasonable likelihood that the error substantially affected the verdict.”).

“To show that the error affected substantial rights, the defendant bears the heavy burden of 7 showing that the error was prejudicial—that is, the defendant must show that there is a reasonable likelihood that the error substantially affected the verdict.” (quotation omitted).

“To show that the error affected substantial rights, the defendant bears the heavy burden of showing that the error was prejudicial—that is, the defendant must show that there is a reasonable likelihood that the error substantially affected the verdict.” (quotation omitted).

403); (concluding that it was plain error to fail to instruct a jury that the State had the burden of proving the absence of a fact, when the absence of that fact was an element of the crime); (concluding that giving the jury an improper instruction was plain e

An error is plain if it is “clear” or “obvious” or “if the error contravenes case law, a rule, or a standard of conduct.” (quoting United States v. Olano, 507 U.S. 725, 734 , 113 S.Ct.

-79 (Minn.2002) (interpreting the phrase “without lawful excuse” in the nonsupport of a child statute as an element of the offense and observing that “[b]y embedding the phrase ‘without lawful excuse’ in the definition of the offense, the legislature demonstrated its intent to include the absence of a lawful excus

An error is plain if it is “clear” or “obvious.” (quoting United States v. Olano, 507 U.S. 725, 734 , 113 S.Ct.

(“An error is plain if the error is ‘clear’ or ‘obvious.’ ”).