U.S. v. BERRIOS-RODRIGUEZ

Crim. No. 88-253 (JP).

768 F.Supp. 939 (1991)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff, v. Sonia BERRIOS-RODRIGUEZ a/k/a La Nena, Antonio Lopez-Manzarret a/k/a Tono, Jose Leonidas Esmeral-Cupido a/k/a Chiqui a/k/a El Vicario, Carlos Pazos-Santana a/k/a Carlos Dominicci-Pasarell, a/k/a Carlos Tomas Rodriguez-Rodriguez, Lazaro Diaz-Fernandez a/k/a Larry a/k/a 17, William F. Lane a/k/a Billy, Abdil Curet-Casellas, Luis Hiram Ortiz-Cameron, Roberto Sanchez-Morales a/k/a Robert Pascual Lebron-Garcia, Gregorio Gomez-Garcia a/k/a Cun, John De Jesus-Clemente a/k/a John John, Ernesto Cirilo-Otero a/k/a Junito a/k/a Junior, Pedro Medina-Vazquez a/k/a Puruco, Noel Cintron-Rodriguez, Luis E. Ortiz-Arrigoitia a/k/a Colibri, Angel Luis Torres-Gonzalez a/k/a Pinga, Mario Gonzalez a/k/a El Nene, Braulio Soto-Aristy a/k/a Manny, John Doe a/k/a Armando a/k/a Vietnam, Defendants.

United States District Court, D. Puerto Rico.

July 17, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Guillermo Gil, Everett de Jesús, Asst. U.S. Attys., San Juan, P.R., for plaintiff.

José A. Lugo, Peter Berkowitz, Lugo & Berkowitz, Río Piedras, P.R., for defendants.


ORDER

PIERAS, District Judge.

The Court has before it defendant's request that Dr. Agustin Garcia, a clinical psychologist be qualified as an expert in this case pursuant to Federal Rule of Evidence 702, in order to testify about the effects of drug use on the memory of a number of government witnesses. Federal courts which have accepted the testimony of expert witnesses regarding the effect of drugs upon the credibility of a witness have used stringent...

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