United States v. John C. Riddle

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• explaining that a lay witnesses may express opinions that required specialized knowledge where the testimony was based on personal experience
• acknowledging that we have allowed lay witness opinions that required specialized knowledge as long as the opinion is a “straightforward conclusion[] from observations informed by his own experience” and is “one that a normal person would form from those perceptions”
• lay witness gave improper opinion that bank operated “imprudently,” which required witness’s expert understanding of the banking industry
• lay witness gave improper opinion that bank operated “imprudently,” which required witness’s expert understanding of the banking industry
• lay witness gave improper opinion that bank operated “imprudently,” which required witness’s expert understanding of the banking industry
• lay witness gave improper opinion that bank operated “imprudently,” which required witness’s expert understanding of the banking industry

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