lay-opinion-testimony
8 cases — ← All topics
| Case | Title | Lower Court | Docketed | Status | Flags | Tags | Question Presented |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25A444 | Bernard Kentrell Breeland, Jr. v. United States | Fourth Circuit | 2025-10-17 | Application | bruen-framework confrontation-clause criminal-procedure felon-in-possession lay-opinion-testimony second-amendment | Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1) is facially unconstitutional under the Second Amendment in light of the Supreme Court's recent Second Amendment jurispru… | |
| 23-7605 | Rodrigo Alvarez-Quinonez v. United States | Ninth Circuit | 2024-05-31 | Denied | Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP | circuit-court-split federal-rule-of-evidence federal-rules-of-evidence harmless-error jury-factfinding-role law-enforcement-witness law-enforcement-witnesses lay-opinion-testimony percipient-knowledge witness-testimony | Whether law enforcement agent testimony under Federal Rule of Evidence 701 based on overall investigation knowledge is permissible |
| 20-5328 | Jeffrey Paul Giblin v. Washington | Washington | 2020-08-12 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | appellate-review criminal-procedure due-process equal-protection evidence-rules eyewitness-testimony intent intent-standard lay-opinion-testimony | Whether the Fourteenth Amendment's due process and equal protection guarantees were satisfied for a defendant accused of a crime involving intent, whe… |
| 19-8456 | Thomas Hopes v. United States | Third Circuit | 2020-05-14 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | circuit-split essential-elements evidence-standard federal-rules-of-evidence helpfulness law-enforcement-witnesses lay-opinion-testimony personal-perception rule-701 usurping-jury-role | Whether the personal perception and helpfulness requirements of Rule 701 are satisfied where the government's law enforcement witnesses provide lay op… |
| 19-8449 | Gregory Harris, Jr. v. United States | Third Circuit | 2020-05-12 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | circuit-split criminal-prosecution evidentiary-standards federal-rules-of-evidence helpfulness law-enforcement-witnesses lay-opinion-testimony personal-perception usurping-jury-role | Whether the personal perception and helpfulness requirements of Rule 701 are satisfied where the government's law enforcement witnesses provide lay op… |
| 19-7246 | Keith Harris v. United States | Third Circuit | 2020-01-10 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | confrontation-clause crawford-rule crawford-v-washington cross-examination hearsay informants law-enforcement-testimony lay-opinion-testimony right-to-counsel sixth-amendment witness-testimony | Whether the admission of law enforcement testimony that goes to whether a defendant was a participant in a conspiracy based on information provided by… |
| 18-6616 | Maria I. Sanutti-Spencer v. Pennsylvania | Pennsylvania | 2018-11-08 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | confrontation-clause criminal-motive criminal-procedure decedent's-drug-addiction decedent's-drug-dealing decedent's-motive decedent's-physical-abuse defendant's-health-issues due-process evidence evidence-exclusion lay-opinion-testimony right-to-complete-defense right-to-present-defense trial-procedure witness-testimony | Does excluding evidence of another's motive, of the decedent's drug addiction, drug dealing, his physical abuse of the defendant and the defendant's s… |
| 18-5747 | Javier Amador-Flores v. United States | Tenth Circuit | 2018-08-31 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | circuit-split criminal-procedure evidence evidence-law expert-testimony federal-rules-of-evidence law-enforcement lay-opinion lay-opinion-testimony lay-testimony specialized-knowledge witness-testimony | When a law-enforcement agent expressly compares the events in a case to what is typical in other cases he has investigated, is his opinion based on 's… |