5th Circuit:  Expert Designation Unnecessary To Enter Retrieved Cell Phone Data

( October 16, 2023, 2:20 PM EDT) -- NEW ORLEANS — The Fifth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals on Oct. 13 refused to overturn a man’s conviction for sex trafficking of a minor after finding no error in the district court’s ruling that allowed a police investigator to testify on data retrieved from a cell phone without being deemed an expert under Federal Rule of Evidence 702....