Sufficiency of Evidence – Expert Testimony

By: Derek Hawkins//January 31, 2018//

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7^th Circuit Court of Appeals

Case Name: United States of America v. Ronald Tingle

Case No.: 17-1604

Officials: BAUER, KANNE, and ROVNER, Circuit Judges.

Focus: Sufficiency of Evidence – Expert Testimony

Ronald Tingle was tried and convicted of possessing and distributing methamphetamine and of possessing a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime. On appeal, he argues that the district court erred when it allowed a government witness to give expert testimony without properly vetting the witness’s credentials and when it allowed the same witness to testify regarding the defendant’s mental state. Additionally, Tingle argues that he should have been granted access to grand jury materials and that his case should have been dismissed based on prosecutorial vindictiveness. For the reasons that follow, each of these claims fails, and the judgment of the district court is affirmed.

Affirmed

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Attorney Derek A. Hawkins is the managing partner at Hawkins Law Offices LLC, where he heads up the firm’s startup law practice. He specializes in business formation, corporate governance, intellectual property protection, private equity and venture capital funding and mergers & acquisitions. Check out the website at www.hawkins-lawoffices.com or contact them at 262-737-8825.

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