Opinion ID: 2588599
Heading Depth: 1
Heading Rank: 14

Heading: Did cumulative error occur?

Text: [¶ 46] In his final issue, the appellant argues that this Court should reverse his conviction as a result of the cumulative effect of all the errors made during his trial. The purpose of evaluating for cumulative error is to address whether the cumulative effect of two or more individually harmless errors has the potential to prejudice the defendant to the same extent as a single reversible error. McClelland v. State, 2007 WY 57, ¶ 27, 155 P.3d 1013, 1022 (Wyo.2007). In conducting a cumulative error evaluation, we consider only matters that we have determined to be errors. Id. We will reverse a conviction only when `the accumulated effect [of the errors] constitutes prejudice and the conduct of the trial is other than fair and impartial.' Id. (quoting Alcala v. State, 487 P.2d 448, 462 (Wyo.1971)). Guy v. State, 2008 WY 56, ¶ 45, 184 P.3d 687, 701 (Wyo.2008). Because we have found that no individual errors occurred, a claim for cumulative error cannot lie.