DEA Agent’s Opinions Allowed, As Long As Inferences Are Not Included

Mealey's (October 27, 2017, 1:08 PM EDT) -- LAS CRUCES, N.M. — A federal agency can offer expert opinions on smuggling marijuana into the United States from Mexico in the government’s case against two men because they are reliable and relevant, but he cannot make inferences based on those opinions about the defendants’ guilt, a New Mexico federal judge held Oct. 23 (United States of America v. John Leroy Milne, et al., No. 17-cr-1923, D. N.M., 2017 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 175874)....