Opinion ID: 1611371
Heading Depth: 1
Heading Rank: 22

Heading: did cumulative errors during the course of the trial deny the appellant a fair trial?

Text: It is true that in capital cases, although no error, standing alone, requires reversal, the aggregate effect of various errors may create such an atmosphere of bias, passion and prejudice that they effectively deny the defendant a fundamentally fair trial. Stringer v. State, 500 So.2d 928, 939 (Miss. 1986); Williams v. State, 445 So.2d 798, 814 (Miss. 1984). This Court must determine whether any prosecutorial misconduct, viewed in light of the entire trial, denied the defendant a fundamentally fair trial. Lockett v. State, 517 So.2d 1317, 1333 (Miss. 1987). The actions asserted by Woodward to be error for their cumulative effects are now considered individually. A.