What are the consequences of a "relatively unimportant misstatement" of fact in a criminal case?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Gebreselassie, A133350, A134246 (Cal. App. 2015):
"Lengthy criminal trials are rarely perfect, and this court will not reverse a judgment absent a clear showing of a miscarriage of justice. [Citations.] Nevertheless, a series of trial errors, though independently harmless, may in some circumstances rise by accretion to the level of reversible and prejudicial error. (People v. Purvis, supra, 60 Cal.2d at pp. 348, 353 [combination of "relatively unimportant misstatement[s] of fact or
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