Legal Opinion
United States v. Carlos Mendiola
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided February 11, 2013No. 10-1595PublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ROVNER, Circuit Judge.
A Spanish-speaking linguist working for the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) listened to recordings of Carlos Mendiola’s prison telephone conversations prior to testifying before a jury that Men-diola’s voice was likely the one on several wiretapped calls in which Mendiola and others planned a large-scale cocaine deal. Mendiola appeals his conviction, arguing that the linguist’s testimony constituted impermissible opinion testimony under the Federal Rules of Evidence and violated the Best Evidence Rule to boot. Finding neither of these arguments holds sway, we…
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