Ortega v. Thornton

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• concluding that admission of legal expert's testimony, which applied law to the evidence in concluding search of plaintiff's home was illegal, was not harmless
• holding that “when the purpose of testimony is to direct the jury’s understanding of the legal standards upon which their verdict must be based, the testimony cannot be allowed”
• stating that “testimony on ultimate issues of law by the legal expert is inadmissible because it is detrimental to .the trial process.”
• explaining that “when the purpose of testimony is to direct the jury’s understanding of the legal standards upon which their verdict must be based, the testimony cannot be allowed”
• explaining that “expert’s testimony is proper under Rule 702 if the expert does not attempt to define the legal parameters within which the jury must exercise its fact-finding function”
• finding that an attorney called as an expert witness could not state his views of the law that governed the verdict, nor could the attorney opine on whether that conduct violated the law

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