6th Circuit: Allowing Agent’s Testimony During Insurance Fraud Trial Was Proper

Mealey's (September 5, 2017, 12:59 PM EDT) -- DETROIT — A federal judge in Michigan did not err when allowing a U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency agent to testify about wiretapped phone calls he reviewed as part of his investigation of an insurance fraud scheme, a Sixth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals panel ruled Aug. 30, finding that the testimony was useful to the jury for explaining code words or framing parts of the investigation (United States of America v. Sanyani Edwards, No. 16-1168, 6th Cir., 2017 U.S. App. LEXIS 16828)....