A Project of the University of Michigan Law School and the MDefenders Program

This motion relies on the Federal Rules of Evidence to argue for exclusion of police testimony about the behavior of drug traffickers. Pages 13-14 rely on social science to argue that users of fentanyl, methamphetamine, and cocaine consume large quantities of each of those drugs daily to support their habit such that courts cannot infer distribution from larger amounts. Pages 15-16 collect national data to refute the suggestion that drug traffickers typically possess firearms.

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Categories: 403, 4th Amendment, Drug Recognition Expert, Evidence, Expert Testimony, Profiling Evidence, Sentencing, Testimony about Drugs, Witnesses
Author: National, Washington