State v. Severson

I respectfully dissent as follows:

I disagree with the majority’s analysis on whether the numerous and substantial errors committed during trial require reversal pursuant to the cumulative error doctrine; therefore, I respectfully dissent in the conclusion of that section and the result. Further, I dissent from the majority’s classification of the prosecutor’s misconduct during closing arguments as not constituting fundamental error. I find the prosecutor’s conduct relentless and a blatant abuse of power; time and time again the prosecutor continued to engage in a pattern of conduct which…