Scott McLaughlin v. Anne Precythe

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• explaining that lay opinion testimony is permissible where it is based on the - 12 - J-S09019-26 witness’ perceptions
• “[T]his Court is not bound by decisions of federal courts inferior to the United States Supreme Court, even though we may look to them for guidance.”
• drug enforcement agent permitted to testify as both an expert, for limited purpose of decoding drug jargon, and a layperson, regarding his personal perceptions during the investigation and opinion that defendant was one of the parties to the intercepted telephone calls
• “the rules do not preclude a single witness from testifying, or offering opinions, in the capacity as both a lay and an expert witness on matters that may embrace the ultimate issues to be decided by the fact-finder.”

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