Opinion ID: 853872
Heading Depth: 1
Heading Rank: 14

Heading: The Effect of Accumulated Errors on Due Process

Text: The defendant contends that the post-conviction court erred in denying him relief when, even though no single error may require reversal, the accumulation of errors throughout this case constitutes fundamental error and renders the defendant's convictions and death sentences unreliable. The defendant argues that, because of the accumulation of errors and the unreliability of the convictions and sentences, his due process rights under the Fifth and Fourteenth Amendments to the U.S. Constitution and Article I, Section 12 of the Indiana Constitution were violated, and reversal is required. The post-conviction court rejected this claim: [N]o errors of fundamental magnitude occurred during [the defendant's] trial or appeal. There has not been sufficient showing by [the defendant] that any errors were made at [the defendant's] trial, let alone errors that rise to a level that would have changed the outcome or lead to a reasonable probability that the result of the proceeding would have been different. P.C.R. Record at 325. We agree. The post-conviction court did not err on this issue.