Opinion ID: 1101231
Heading Depth: 1
Heading Rank: 2

Heading: the cumulative effect of the above errors denied the defendant a fundamentally fair trial.

Text: ¶ 19. Weatherspoon asks this Court to reverse his conviction based upon the combined effect of all of the alleged errors at his trial, even if we find that no individual error requires reversal in this case. This Court may reverse a conviction and sentence based upon the cumulative effect of errors that independently would not require reversal. Jenkins v. State, 607 So.2d 1171, 1183-84 (Miss.1992); Hansen v. State, 592 So.2d 114, 153 (Miss.1991). However, where there was no reversible error in any part, so there is no reversible error to the whole. Coleman v. State, 697 So.2d 777, 787 (Miss. 1997) ( quoting McFee v. State, 511 So.2d 130, 136 (Miss.1987)). Because we find no merit in any of Weatherspoon's assignments of error, we refuse to reverse his conviction based upon cumulative error. ¶ 20. CONVICTION OF POSSESSION OF COCAINE AND SENTENCE OF THREE (3) YEARS IN THE CUSTODY OF THE MISSISSIPPI DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS TOGETHER WITH THE PAYMENT OF ALL COURT COSTS AND FEES AFFIRMED. APPELLANT IS GIVEN CREDIT FOR JAIL TIME SERVED. PART ONE: ASSIGNMENTS OF ERROR I, II AND III: SULLIVAN, P.J., PRATHER, C.J., PITTMAN, P.J., BANKS, McRAE, JAMES L. ROBERTS, Jr., MILLS and WALLER, JJ., Concur. SMITH, J., dissents with separate written opinion. PART TWO: ASSIGNMENTS OF ERROR IV AND V: WALLER, J., PRATHER, C.J., PITTMAN, P.J., JAMES L. ROBERTS, Jr., SMITH and MILLS, JJ., Concur. SULLIVAN, P.J., dissents with separate written opinion joined by BANKS and McRAE, JJ.