Mealey's (February 12, 2020, 9:15 AM EST) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — A criminal defense attorneys’ group on Feb. 7 backed a convicted cocaine smuggler’s attempt to have the U.S. Supreme Court decide whether law enforcement officers offering lay opinions based on their experience should testify instead as experts under Federal Rule of Evidence 702, filing an amicus curiae brief in his support (Lenin Lugo v. United States, No. 19-855, U.S. Sup.)....