Jeffrey Darago, of the Estate of Oscar Darago v. Rodney Darago and Cathy Reeser

How courts have described this case

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• finding that contradicting experts in a CSA violation were admissible because the jury “remained free to sort out all the competing proof: the question what constitutes usual medical practice remained, at all times, within its province”
• “[T]he government’s proof, while it showed many things, failed to include direct or circumstantial evidence that [the defendant] possessed this particular mens rea.”
• “At best, the instant message leaves a reasonable fact-finder with a number of equally reasonable inferences . . . .”
• officer with 15 years of experience testified to common indicators of illicit drug operations
• “[T]he government’s proof, 42 Appellate Case: 23-5008 Document: 96-1 Date Filed: 02/19/2025 Page: 43 while it showed many things, failed to include direct or circumstantial evidence that [the defendant] possessed this particular mens rea.”
• “In cases prosecuting the trafficking of common street drugs . . . , courts have routinely upheld the admission of expert testimony from law enforcement officers seeking to identify for the jury typical indicia of drug trafficking activity.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).