P. v. Decker CA3
Defendant Lonnie Ray Decker was pulled over while driving a car registered to someone else that contained large quantities of methamphetamine and marijuana. A jury found him guilty of transporting and possessing methamphetamine for sale, but hung on similar charges involving the marijuana. He was sentenced to six years in state prison.
On appeal, defendant contends: (1) a police officer, who was the prosecution’s drug expert, violated his constitutional rights by improperly opining on his guilt when he was allowed to testify over defense counsel’s objection that there was no way defendant could not have seen the methamphetamine on the floorboard of the back passenger seat; (2) the same officer testified to inadmissible profile evidence in violation of his Sixth Amendment right to a fair trial;
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