Opinion ID: 526825
Heading Depth: 1
Heading Rank: 4

Heading: Kozak's Testimony

Text: 22 Next, Appellant argues that Agent Kozak should not have been allowed to testify regarding his opinion that appellant and Santos entered the trailer. Fed.R.Evid. 701 provides: 23 Opinion Testimony by Lay Witnesses If the witness is not testifying as an expert, the witness' testimony in the form of opinions or inferences is limited to those opinions or inferences which are (a) rationally based on the perception of the witness and (b) helpful to a clear understanding of the witness' testimony or the determination of a fact in issue. 24 Fed.R.Evid. 701. Kozak's testimony clearly fits within the confines of Rule 701 as lay opinion and was properly admitted into evidence by the trial court.