Opinion ID: 1846260
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Heading Rank: 15

Heading: whether cumulative error in this case mandates reversal.

Text: ¶ 180. In Lentz v. State, 604 So.2d 243, 249 (Miss.1992), this Court held: Even where error has occurred, we will not reverse a conviction when the overwhelming weight of the evidence supports the guilty verdict. (citations omitted). Additionally, this Court, in Simmons v. State, 805 So.2d 452 (Miss.2001), held that the cumulative effect of errors, even in a murder trial, will not warrant reversal. Also cited in Simmons was Doss v. State, 709 So.2d 369, 401 (Miss.1996), which held: Most of Doss's assigned errors are subject to a procedural bar as well as alternatively being without merit. These assignments of error, taken alone or cumulatively, do not warrant a reversal of Doss's conviction and death sentence. ¶ 181. This Court is, however, ever mindful of the fact that we have held that [w]hen the combination of specific errors, while harmless in each instance, accrued to such an extent that a defendant was denied a fair trial, this Court will reverse for cumulative error. Hughes v. State, 735 So.2d 238, 280 (Miss.1999). After considering the applicable case law and the record before us, we are satisfied that there is no aggregation of harmless error, nor cumulative error in this case which would justify reversal. This assignment of error is without merit.