United States v. Christopher Rodriguez-Soriano
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Conviction reversed and remanded by published opinion. Chief Judge Gregory wrote the opinion, in which Senior Judge Duncan joined. Judge Richardson wrote a dissenting opinion.
1Opinion of the Court
GREGORY, Chief Judge:
Christopher Rodriguez-Soriano was found guilty of knowingly making a false statement to a licensed firearms dealer in the acquisition of a firearm, stating that he was the actual purchaser of the firearms when he was acquiring them for another individual. He appeals the district court's exclusion of proposed expert testimony at trial, as well as denial of his motion for judgment of acquittal. Rodriguez-Soriano challenges the district court's determination that proposed expert testimony related to false confessions, excluded pursuant to Federal Rule of Evidence 702, was…
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