What is the test for determining whether a defendant has cumulative prejudicial effect on the outcome of a trial?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Topete, B288850 (Cal. App. 2020):
"There can be no cumulative error if the challenged rulings were not erroneous." (People v. Sedillo (2015) 235 Cal.App.4th 1037, 1068; see also People v. Bradford (1997) 15 Cal.4th 1229, 1382 [finding that to the extent any errors occurred, they were minor and "[e]ven considered collectively" they did not result in prejudice].) As explained above, defendants have not shown cumulative prejudicial effect.
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