No. 24-6591
Kimberly Sponaugle v. United States
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: criminal-procedure expert-disclosure expert-witness-testimony federal-rules-of-evidence lay-opinion wire-fraud
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Latest Conference:
2025-03-21
Question Presented (AI Summary)
Whether the trial court erred in allowing prosecution expert witnesses to provide lay opinion testimony without making mandatory expert witness disclosures under F.R.Cr.P. 16(a)(1)(G)
Question Presented (OCR Extract)
Whether the trial court erred as a matter of law in ruling that F.R.E. 701 permitted the prosecution to present in its casein-chief lay opinion testimony of three expert witnesses, a certified public accountant, an accountant, and an FBI forensic accountant , without providing F.R.Cr.P. 16(a)(1)(G) summaries of the opinions of the prosecution’s experts? [iii]
Docket Entries
2025-03-24
Petition DENIED.
2025-02-27
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 3/21/2025.
2025-02-25
Waiver of United States of right to respond submitted.
2025-02-25
Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
2025-02-13
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due March 21, 2025)
Attorneys
Kimberly Sponaugle
John S. Malik — John S. Malik, Attorney-at-Law, Petitioner
United States
Sarah M. Harris — Acting Solicitor General, Respondent