United States First Circuit

Defendant's drug conviction is affirmed over his claim that the district court erred in permitting an arresting officer to cross the line from being a fact witness to being an expert witness when he testified about drug distribution points and how they operate.

Appellate Information

• Decided 05/12/2005
• Published 05/12/2005

Judges

• LYNCH, Circuit Judge., Before TORRUELLA, LYNCH, and LIPEZ, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States First Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Maria Soledad Ramirez-Becerra, with whom Maria Soledad Ramirez-Becerra Law Office was on brief, for appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Thomas F. Klumper, Assistant United States Attorney, with whom H.S. Garcia, United States Attorney, and Nelson Pérez-Sosa, Assistant United States Attorney, Senior Appellate Attorney, were on brief, for appellee.