United States v. Maria Urrego De Soto, Gustavo Chaverra Cardona, and Ruth Urrego Chaverra

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• “Courts must be especially watchful ... when a conspiracy is alleged to be composed of family members.... ”
• “everyday appearance of activity is not an automatic bar to the admission of expert testimony which may attribute a more sinister motive to the actions,” but admission of that testimony does require special vigilance to avoid unfair prejudice
• “the expert must not base his opinion on mere speculation”
• when an expert testifies as to the meaning of seemingly innocuous activities, district court ought be careful to ensure that “the expert . . . not base his opinion on mere specula- 10114 UNITED STATES v. FREEMAN tion”

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