The following excerpt is from United States v. Yijun Zhou, 838 F.3d 1007 (9th Cir. 2016):
In one line of cases, we have held that we are not limited to [the plain-error] standard of review where the appeal presents a pure question of law and there is no prejudice to the opposing party. United States v. GonzalezAparicio , 663 F.3d 419, 426 (9th Cir. 2011). In those
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