Opinion ID: 844217
Heading Depth: 1
Heading Rank: 15

Heading: Cumulative Prejudicial Effect of Errors

Text: Defendant contends that the cumulative prejudicial effect of the alleged errors discussed above requires reversal. We have found no error, and have assumed error only as to four of defendant's contentions: (1) that the testimony of Dr. Ribe and the admission of an autopsy report regarding the autopsy of Officer Burrell violated defendant's right to confront the witnesses against him; (2) that the trial court erred in failing to instruct on the lesser included offense of involuntary manslaughter of Carlos Adkins; (3) that the trial court erred in permitting the jury to consider defendant's convictions for being a convicted felon in possession of a weapon and possession of a concealed weapon; and (4) that the prosecutor committed misconduct in questioning witnesses about defendant's sources of income. Because the first of these contentions affected only the charge of the murder of Officer Burrell, and the second affected only the charge of the murder of Carlos Adkins there could not have been any cumulative prejudicial effect. Although both the third and fourth assumed errors involved the penalty phase, even when they are considered together we find no reasonable possibility that they affected the verdict.