No. 25-6092
Olegario Lares-De La Rosa v. United States
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: circuit-split criminal-procedure evidence-interpretation federal-rules-of-evidence law-enforcement-testimony lay-opinion
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Latest Conference:
2025-12-12
Question Presented (from Petition)
Whether Federal Rule of Evidence 701 permits a law enforcement officer to provide a lay opinion about the meaning of ordinary language used in a recorded conversation the officer reviewed during case investigation but did not participate in or perceive contemporaneously, a question that has engendered an intractable circuit split.
Question Presented (AI Summary)
Whether Federal Rule of Evidence 701 permits a law enforcement officer to provide a lay opinion about the meaning of ordinary language used in a recorded conversation the officer reviewed during case investigation but did not participate in or perceive contemporaneously
Docket Entries
2025-12-15
Petition DENIED.
2025-11-26
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 12/12/2025.
2025-11-19
Waiver of United States of right to respond submitted.
2025-11-19
Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
2025-11-07
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due December 12, 2025)
2025-09-24
Application (25A332) granted by Justice Kagan extending the time to file until November 7, 2025.
2025-09-19
Application (25A332) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from October 1, 2025 to November 7, 2025, submitted to Justice Kagan.
Attorneys
Olegario Lares-De La Rosa
Mary Edith Cunningham — Federal Public Defender's Office, Petitioner
United States
D. John Sauer — Solicitor General, Respondent