United States v. Howard Thomas Lollar

How courts have described this case

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• recognizing that opinion under the federal rule is the belief of a single witness
• stating that the only foundation required for lay opinions as to character is that of personal knowledge
• noting that “cross-examination can be expected to expose defects of lack of familiarity ... or to existence of feelings of personal hostility towards the principal witness”
• defendant’s decision to testify does not open door to attacks on general character

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).