The following excerpt is from U.S. v. Lara-Hernandez, 588 F.2d 272 (9th Cir. 1978):
The plain error rule should be applied only in exceptional circumstances "involving seriously prejudicial deficiencies in the trial process." Reisman v. United States, 409 F.2d 789, 791 (9th Cir. 1969).
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