People v. Vizzini
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Green, J.
The principal issue presented on this appeal is whether the trial court properly permitted a lay witness to testify concerning the hidden meaning of certain words and phrases *304used by defendants in electronically intercepted conversations. We conclude that lay opinion testimony was improperly received.
The multicount indictment against these five defendants resulted from an extensive investigation by the New York State Organized Crime Task Force (OCTF) into cocaine trafficking in the Buffalo area. Based upon information obtained largely through court-authorized…
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