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Evidence keyed to Fisher
U.S. v. Figueroa-Lopez
Facts
Darryl Storm (Storm) was arrested for various drug offenses, and he agreed to cooperate with the authorities by supplying the names of narcotics traffickers. Storm gave the authorities Defendant’s first name only, stating that it was all he knew. The narcotics agents with whom Storm was working instructed Storm to contact Defendant and to, “explore whether [Defendant] would sell him some narcotics.” Storm arranged, in a series of taped conversations with Defendant, to purchase 10 kilograms of cocaine from Defendant. Storm eventually met Defendant in a parking lot to complete the deal and, when Defendant showed Storm 1 kilogram of the cocaine, officers arrested Defendant. At Defendant’s trial, the prosecution called various law enforcement officials, who testified that Defendant’s behaviors, “conformed to the methods and techniques of experienced drug dealers.” All the testimony by the law enforcement officers was allowed into evidence as lay opinion testimony, over Defendant’s objection.
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