United States v. Felix Montas

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• noting that consecutive baggage-claim check numbers and adjacent seat assignments contribute to a finding of guilt
• noting that “[b]y appearing to put the expert’s stamp of approval on the government’s theory, such testimony might unduly influence the jury’s own assessment of the inference that is being urged”
• applying <br>plain error review when the grounds for the defendant's objections <br>varied from the issue on appeal
• applying plain error review when the grounds for the defendant's objections varied from the issue on appeal
• \Expert testimony on a subject that is well within the bounds of a jury's ordinary experience generally has little probative value.\
• case agent’s improper testimony put “the expert’s stamp of approval on the government’s theory”

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