The failure of experienced trial counsel to object to evidence or directions is a powerful indication both that the matters did not involve injustice or error in the atmosphere of the trial and that any error was not of a kind to produce a miscarriage of justice. In a circumstantial drug importation case, the cumulative force of the evidence must be assessed rather than individual items taken alone.
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