United States First Circuit

The cumulative error doctrine, which warrants a new trial if there were numerous evidentiary errors that individually are harmless, does not apply if the errors were independent of each other.

Appellate Information

• Decided 11/16/2001
• Published 11/16/2001

Judges

• YOUNG, District Judge., Before LYNCH, Circuit Judge, COFFIN, Senior Circuit Judge, and YOUNG, District Judge.

Court

• United States First Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Matthew S. Robinowitz for appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Margaret D. McGaughey, Assistant United States Attorney, with whom Paula D. Silsby, United States Attorney, was on brief, for appellee.