990 So. 2d 265 - Thompson v. State’s Empirical Analysis
2008
Citation profile
9
cited by 9 later decisions
1
states following
September 2018
most recently cited
9 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Strickland v. Washington · Boykin v. Alabama · Brown v. State · 454 So. 2d 468 - Stringer v. State · Sellers v. Sanders
Most-quoted passages
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“The cumulative error doctrine stems from the doctrine of harmless error, which holds that individual errors, which are not reversible in themselves, may combine with other errors to make up reversible error, where the cumulative effect of all errors deprives the defendant of a fundamentally fair trial.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage“However, reversal based upon cumulative error requires a finding or findings of error.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
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