Does the cumulative effect of a single error in the criminal code constitute a cumulative failure to grant a habeas relief?
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The following excerpt is from Hammond v. Lewis, 8 F.3d 27 (9th Cir. 1993):
Hammond contends that even if no single error was of sufficient magnitude to warrant habeas relief, the cumulative effect of the alleged errors nevertheless deprived him of his constitutional due process right to a fair hearing. We reject that contention. There was no constitutional error; Hammond was not denied a fair trial. See Kelly v. Stone, 514 F.2d 18, 19 (9th Cir.1975) (per curiam) (cumulative effect of errors must be determined to have denied petitioner a fair trial).
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