STATE v. TAYLOR

No. 97-2078.

587 N.W.2d 604 (1998)

STATE of Iowa, Appellee, v. Shari M. TAYLOR, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

November 25, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Linda Del Gallo, State Appellate Defender, and John P. Messina, Assistant State Appellate Defender, for appellant.

Thomas J. Miller, Attorney General, Richard J. Bennett, Assistant Attorney General, Richard Crowl, County Attorney, and Jeff TeKippe, Assistant County Attorney, for appellee.

Considered by McGIVERIN, C.J., and HARRIS, LARSON, NEUMAN, and TERNUS, JJ.


HARRIS, Justice.

An evidentiary ruling is the sole challenge in this appeal from convictions of two counts of delivery of methamphetamine (more than five grams). The defendant insists evidence concerning weight measurements should have been excluded for want of a foundation to establish accuracy and reliability of the scale used. Although we will not be drawn into precedent regarding more complicated instruments, we think under these circumstances the simple scale...

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