Opinion ID: 202283
Heading Depth: 3
Heading Rank: 4

Heading: Plumb's Identification of García

Text: 30 At trial, Agent Plumb testified, without objection, that he recognized the person whose picture appeared on the 1999 Warrant of Deportation as the same person he encountered in 2002 under the name Roberto García. Plumb also testified that he recognized this person as the individual — referring to García — who was in the courtroom during jury selection earlier that morning. García now contends that the district court committed plain error by admitting Plumb's opinion testimony regarding the identity of the person in the photograph on the Warrant of Deportation. According to García, Plumb's testimony was improper because it was based on Plumb's one-time scant exposure to García. 31 Although Plumb encountered García only once, it was not a fleeting encounter. In fact, Plumb encountered García in Quincy, Massachusetts, transported García from Quincy to Boston, booked García into the ICE system, filled in García's fingerprint card, and served García with several documents. There is nothing in the record to suggest that Plumb was unable to fully observe García during the 2002 arrest and booking, that Plumb did not remember García, or that Plumb had any difficulty in identifying García, either in person or by photograph. Under the circumstances, we find no plain error in the district court's decision to admit Plumb's identification testimony. 32