Is there cumulative error in the instruction of a jury in a second degree murder case?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Bradford, 15 Cal.4th 1229, 65 Cal.Rptr.2d 145, 939 P.2d 259 (Cal. 1997):
Finally, defendant contends that cumulative error that occurred due to the prosecutors' alleged misconduct, as well as the trial court's failure to sanction the prosecutors and admonish the jury, was prejudicial to defendant. We do not find cumulative error requiring reversal of the judgment. (See People v. Clark (1993) 5 Cal.4th 950, 1017, 22 Cal.Rptr.2d 689, 857 P.2d 1099.)
12. Jury instructions
a. Instruction on second degree murder
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