Delilah Guadalupe Diaz, Petitioner v. United States
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March 19, 2024
Justices Split Over Expert Testimony On Criminal Intent
The Supreme Court's justices on Tuesday appeared sharply divided over whether a rule barring expert witnesses from testifying about a defendant's alleged criminal intent also blocks testimony about the mental state of people in similar situations.
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March 16, 2024
Up Next At High Court: Gov't Jawboning & Retaliatory Arrests
The U.S. Supreme Court has a packed oral arguments calendar this week that includes disputes over the Biden administration's work with social media companies to combat misinformation, the appropriate evidence standard for bringing retaliatory arrest claims and whether the federal government can object to a consent decree entered into by three states.
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January 26, 2024
Gov't Urges Justices Not To Broadly Read Criminal Intent Rule
The U.S. Solicitor General urged the U.S. Supreme Court on Friday to uphold a drug-transportation conviction despite a prosecution expert's testimony that most such drivers are aware of their cargo, saying this testimony did not count as a prohibited mental-state opinion.
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January 02, 2024
Experts Can't Generalize Criminal Intent, Justices Told
Expert witnesses shouldn't influence juries to convict defendants by opining that people in similar circumstances tend to be aware they're breaking the law, the U.S. Supreme Court has been told in a case it's taken up concerning state-of-mind testimony.
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November 13, 2023
US High Court Takes Up Expert-Witness Rule In Drug Case
The U.S. Supreme Court agreed Monday to review an expert-testimony rule concerning opinions on defendants' state of mind, taking up a drug transportation conviction handed down after a government expert said couriers generally know about their cargo.