Court Opinion

ID: 9539621
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-07 16:07:06.415587+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T14:59:03.543723
License: Public Domain

BROWN, Justice,
concurring.
I agree that this case must be reversed.
In the last paragraph of the majority opinion, reference is made to cumulative error. It seems that the doctrine of cumulative error, in simple terms, is that several small errors add up to a big error; and while none of the small errors standing alone is sufficient for reversal, the sum of the small errors becomes substantial mandating reversal. I have a continuing problem with the nebulous doctrine of cumulative error and do not believe it has application here. The errors in this case, standing alone, are sufficient to justify reversal without resorting to cumulative error.