California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Gonzalez, B229375 (Cal. App. 2011):
Defendant contends the "cumulative prejudice flowing from the combination of" ineffective assistance and the other errors asserted rendered defendants trial fundamentally unfair" and violated his constitutional right to a fair trial. (See People v. Hill (1998) 17 Cal.4th 800, 815.) We disagree. To the extent any errors may have occurred during defendant's trial, they "were harmless whether considered individually or collectively. Defendant was entitled to a fair trial, not a perfect one." (People v. Box (2000) 23 Cal.4th 1153, 1214, overruled on a different point in People v. Martinez (2010) 47 Cal.4th 911, 948, fn. 10.)
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The judgment is affirmed.
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