United States v. Dominic Dorsey

FOR PUBLICATION

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, No. 19-50182

Plaintiff-Appellee, D.C. No. 2:14-cr-00328- v. CAS-

DOMINIC DORSEY, AKA Boo, AKA Boogaloo, AKA Dominic OPINION Cavanaughn Dorsey,

Defendant-Appellant.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Central District of California Christina A. Snyder, District Judge, Presiding

Argued and Submitted May 15, 2024 Pasadena, California

Filed December 4, 2024

Before: Daniel P. Collins, Holly A. Thomas, and Anthony D. Johnstone, Circuit Judges.

Opinion by Judge Johnstone; Concurrence by Judge Collins SUMMARY *

Criminal Law

The panel affirmed Dominic Dorsey’s conviction for multiple federal crimes arising from a spree of robberies committed by two disguised men. The evidence at trial included video from security cameras that recorded the robberies. A police detective testified, as a lay witness, about his out-of-court review of the surveillance video. Under Federal Rule of Evidence 701, a lay witness may offer testimony in the form of an opinion if it…