United States v. Michael Emmett Beck

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• holding that a lay witness’s testimony is rationally based on the witness’s perceptions if it is “based upon per- sonal observation and recollection of concrete facts”
• holding that “a lay witness’s testimony is rationally based within the meaning of Rule 701 where it is ‘based upon personal observation and recollection of concrete facts’” (citation omitted)
• noting that “direct and cross-examination of a lay witness testifying as to his or her opinion is relied upon to verify the accuracy of the testimony”
• witness sufficiently familiar with defendant to offer identification testimony of defendant in surveillance video where he had met with him four times
• lay opinion testimony is within the meaning of Rule 701 when it is “based upon personal observation and recollection of concrete facts” (citation omitted)
• witness sufficiently familiar with defendant to offer identification testimony of defendant in surveillance video where he had met with him four times

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