Experts’ Drug Testing Methods Have ‘General Acceptance,’ 11th Circuit Finds

Mealey's (April 27, 2020, 12:46 PM EDT) -- ATLANTA — Drug enforcement officers’ laboratory testing on suspected methamphetamine satisfies the “general acceptance” standard for determining the soundness of the testing methods, so a trial court did not abuse its discretion in allowing the officers’ expert testimony, an 11th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals panel held April 21 in affirming a Texas man’s drug-dealing conviction (United States v. Heraclio Gutierrez, No. 19-11339, 11th Cir., 2020 U.S. App. LEXIS 12679)....