Opinion ID: 1935963
Heading Depth: 1
Heading Rank: 14

Heading: was the trial fundamentally unfair under cumulative error analysis?

Text: Gollott cites several alleged errors in this case, plus additional allegations of error, to show a level of cumulative error sufficient to reverse this case. Cumulative error may cause reversal of a case where each incident taken alone would not. See Inman v. State, 515 So.2d 1150, 1154 (Miss. 1987); see also United States v. Canales, 744 F.2d 413, 430 (5th Cir.1984). To this end, Gollott presents a list of errors which are either addressed in his brief, or not objected to at trial. The Court has carefully reviewed these assertions and holds that there was no reversible error with either separately or cumulatively. This Court concludes that no individual error assigned was reversible, and that taking the facts of this case as a whole, the defendant was not denied a fair trial. Therefore, the conviction and sentence is affirmed, but this Court notes that this appeal was permitted under Gollott v. State, 646 So.2d 1297 (Miss. 1994) after death of defendant. CONVICTION OF MANSLAUGHTER AND SENTENCE OF FIFTEEN YEARS WITH THREE YEARS SUSPENDED MAKING A TOTAL OF TWELVE YEARS AFFIRMED. PITTMAN, BANKS, McRAE, JAMES L. ROBERTS, Jr., SMITH and MILLS, JJ., concur. DAN LEE, C.J., dissents with separate written opinion. SULLIVAN, P.J., not participating.