Does a series of trial errors rise by accretion to the level of prejudicial error?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Chandler, H040429 (Cal. App. 2015):
Certainly, " '[A] series of trial errors, though independently harmless, may in some circumstances rise by accretion to the level of reversible and prejudicial error.' [Citation.]" (People v. Cunningham (2001) 25 Cal.4th 926, 1009.) However, as discussed ante, since we have found none of appellant's claims of error meritorious
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