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2 results for “Sylvia Olivas, aka Sylvia Lee Gavaldon”
| Case | Title | Lower Court | Docketed | Status | Tags | Question Presented |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25-6125 | Sylvia Olivas, aka Sylvia Lee Gavaldon v. United States | Ninth Circuit | 2025-11-14 | Denied | dual-role-testimony evidence-admissibility expert-witness gatekeeping-role rule-403 rule-702 | A witness who testifies as a lay witness offering either factual testimony and/or lay opinion testimony and also testifies as an expert offering exper… |
| 23-6177 | Sylvia Olivas, aka Sylvia Lee Gavaldon v. United States | Ninth Circuit | 2023-12-06 | GVR | circuit-split criminal-activity criminal-procedure expert-testimony expert-witness federal-rules-of-evidence mens-rea mental-state trier-of-fact | Does Rule 704(b) permit a government expert witness to testify about certain roles in criminal activity, that people in those roles are knowing partic… |