Defense attorneys argued that a Homeland Security agent’s testimony broke a rule of evidence that expert witnesses cannot give opinions on a defendant’s mental state. The court did not agree.
The Supreme Court on Thursday upheld the conviction of a California woman who said she did not know about a stash of methamphetamine hidden inside her car.
The 6-3 opinion came in a case that revolved around how much expert witnesses can say about a defendant’s mindset.
Delilah Guadalupe Diaz was sentenced to seven years in prison after on drug charges after Border Patrol agents discovered methamphetamine worth nearly $370,000 stashed inside the car door panel as she crossed the U.
