Mealey's (May 11, 2020, 9:16 AM EDT) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — The 11th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals correctly held that law enforcement officers offering lay opinions based on their experience need not testify as experts under Federal Rule of Evidence 702, the United States says in a May 8 response brief urging the U.S. Supreme Court to deny a petition from a man convicted of smuggling drugs based in part on such testimony (Lenin Lugo v. United States, No. 19-855, U.S. Sup.)....