Arango v. Sandhaus

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• no abuse of discretion to admit a distance obtained by using a device calibrated by measuring a known distance
• counsel not ineffective for failing to exercise peremptory challenge on either of two jurors who judge declared impartial, following inquiry, and counsel confirmed he was satisfied
• officer testified that during same month as offenses he had “calibrated the MeasureMaster [roller tape] by using it to measure a known distance, and that the device was accurate”
• failure to exercise peremptory challenge not ineffective assistance of counsel where no prejudice results
• judge is to scrupulously avoid “invading the province of the jury”
• whether measuring device was calibrated

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).