What are the consequences of a defendant's evidentiary error in a criminal case?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Hernandez, H045366 (Cal. App. 2019):
Defendant argues the evidentiary errors he identifies are cumulatively prejudicial. "Lengthy criminal trials are rarely perfect, and this court will not reverse a judgment absent a clear showing of a miscarriage of justice." (People v. Hill (1998) 17 Cal.4th 800, 844.) "Nevertheless, a series of trial errors, though independently harmless, may in some circumstances rise by accretion to the level of reversible and prejudicial error." (Ibid.)
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