Topic: cumulative errors lead to reversal when 'taken as a whole' … · Go Syfert
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3 canonical passages across 3 cases, quoted by 14 opinions in total. These passages cluster together because the same opinions keep quoting them side by side — they state parts of one doctrine. The anchor passage is from State v. Wilkerson.

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1 State v. Wilkerson Anchor
nc · 2009
green “cumulative errors lead to reversal when 'taken as a whole' they 'deprived the defendant of his due process right to a fair trial free from prejudicial error.” 8
2 State v. Gibbons
nc · 1981
green “recite the testimony of various witnesses rather than indicating what actually happened” 3
3 In re M.N.C.
ncctapp · 2006
green “the trial court in this case relied partly on evidence from prior proceedings and findings in earlier orders, which . . . is proper and appropriate.” 3

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