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- Title: United States V. Watson
- Author : Third Circuit U.S. Court Of Appeals
- Release Date : January 09, 2001
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 57 KB
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Bruce Watson ("Watson") appeals his judgment of conviction and sentence for distribution and possession with intent to distribute cocaine base (also known as crack cocaine or crack) in violation of 21 U.S.C. S 841(a)(1). He was convicted and sentenced to 210 months imprisonment, three years of supervised release, and a $100 special assessment. Watson argues that the District Court should not have permitted narcotics agents to testify about general drug culture practices on substantive and foundational grounds in violation of Fed. R. Evid. 702, and that the District Court erred in allowing expert testimony concerning his mental state under Fed. R. Evid. 704(b). We reject Watson's first argument. However, we reverse the judgment of conviction and remand the case to the District Court because the Government's experts improperly testified that Watson's mental state was to distribute the cocaine base rather than to use the narcotics personally.
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