In re the Marriage of Muffet

How courts have described this case

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• holding that because the defendant failed to assert actual bias, there was no error in the judge’s spouse sitting on the jury based merely on the appearance of bias
• observing that plain-error review applies to procedural-default cases, not affirmative acquiescence
• “When, as here, the record clearly shows that plain error did not occur, we will reject it without further analysis.”
• “Cumulative error requires reversal when, as a result of multiple trial court errors, a defendant is denied a fair trial.” (Emphasis added.)
• to preserve a claim for review, a defendant must both object at trial and include the alleged error in a written posttrial motion
• where this court held that “the usual first step in plain-error analysis is to determine whether any error occurred”

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