What is the test for determining whether a trial error is harmless or prejudicial?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Livingston, C076712 (Cal. App. 2016):
" '[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. Cunningham (2001) 25 Cal.4th 926, 1009.) Here, there was no error and any assumed errors were harmless, and viewed cumulatively, did not significantly influence the fairness of defendant's trial.
The judgment is affirmed.
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