Opinion ID: 1454621
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Heading: Cumulative Prejudice in the Jury Selection Phase

Text: (10) Defendant maintains that the cumulative effect of jury selection errors has deprived him of a fair trial. We disagree. As discussed above, there is no merit in any of defendant's jury selection contentions, with the sole exception of the trial court's improper remarks to the jury concerning death penalty reversals. As to those remarks, any error was both cured and harmless. Although a defendant is entitled to a fair trial, he is not entitled to a perfect one. ( People v. Hamilton (1988) 46 Cal.3d 123, 156 [249 Cal. Rptr. 320, 756 P.2d 1348], quoting Schneble v. Florida (1972) 405 U.S. 427, 432 [31 L.Ed.2d 340, 345, 92 S.Ct. 1056].) Because defendant has failed to demonstrate any unfairness or partiality in the process used to select the jury, there is no merit in his argument. (See Bittaker, supra, 48 Cal.3d at pp. 1087-1088.)