Narcotics Expert Barred From Testifying For Officer On Reasonableness Of Search

(March 18, 2024, 1:17 PM EDT) -- NEW ORLEANS — A Louisiana federal judge found that “experience and expertise alone are insufficient to satisfy” the admissibility requirements of Federal Rule of Evidence 702 and granted a man’s motion to exclude a law enforcement and narcotics expert from testifying in a civil rights action stemming from a police stop....