Torres v. State

Summary

The Court affirmed Torres’s convictions, holding that the Superior Court properly admitted a police officer’s lay-opinion identification testimony under D.R.E. 701. The officer had substantial prior familiarity with Torres, the surveillance images were neither unmistakably clear nor hopelessly obscure, and the trial court gave limiting instructions preserving the jury’s role in deciding identity. The Court reviewed the evidentiary ruling for abuse of discretion rather than de novo review because Torres did not establish an independent constitutional violation.