State v. Jahnell Weaver (069185)

How courts have described this case

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• holding that the foundation of the Sixth Amendment is \the belief that subjecting testimony to cross-examination enhances the truth-discerning process and the reliability of the information.\
• holding that a joint proceeding is preferable in the interest of judicial economy and accuracy where two defendants are alleged to have participated in the same transaction
• holding that court erred by relying on Cofield factors to deny motion to sever and exclude other-crimes evidence proffered by the defendant and that error by itself did not warrant reversal
• explaining that the theory of cumulative error does not apply where no error was prejudicial and the trial was fair
• noting that other crimes evidence is minimally probative where it constitutes \needless presentation of cumulative evidence\
• noting duty of this Court to reverse conviction “[wjhen legal errors cumulatively render a trial unfair”

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