Guidance Needed On Admittance Of Officers’ Lay Opinions, Petitioner Tells Top Court

(May 27, 2020, 1:20 PM EDT) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — The question of whether a law enforcement officer offering opinion testimony based on his experience must meet the standards for expert witnesses under Federal Rule of Evidence 702 needs an answer from the U.S. Supreme Court because the lower courts cannot agree on the issue, a man convicted of smuggling drugs argues in a May 14 reply brief (Lenin Lugo v. United States, No. 19-855, U.S. Sup.)....