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State v. Dinkins

Citations

  • 553 N.W.2d 339
  • 1996 Iowa App. LEXIS 74
  • 1996 WL 532348

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  • noting this rule does not prohibit otherwise admissible expert testimony because it may “embrace an ultimate issue to be decided by the trier of fact”
  • upholding the admission of testimony that the amount of drugs in the case and the lack of other drug paraphernalia “indicates a dealer”
  • noting expert opinions “may generally be expressed even though they embrace an ultimate issue to be decided by the trier of fact” (citation and internal quotation marks omitted)
  • expert witness is not permitted to express direct opinion on guilt or innocence of defendant, which is exclusive function of finder of fact

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Judges: Habhab, Cady, Streit

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