The relationship between expert opinion and lay opinion

Fed. R. Evid. 801(d)(2)(B) (quote pertinent portion of Rule).Tacit admissions as well as express admissions are exempt from the prohibition against hearsay evidence.

United States v. Jenkins, 779 F.2d 606, 612 (11th Cir. 1986) (upholding trial court's admission of Pool's testimony as to a meeting between himself, Prather and Murphy in Jacksonville as an adoptive admission because (1)....An adoptive admission is exempt from the prohibition against hearsay evidence.

Cf. Miller v. Alexandria Truck Lines, Inc., 273 F.2d 897, 901 (5th Cir. 1960) (reversing judgment and remanding for new trial in wrongful death action in which trial court excluded evidence of decedent's repeated conviction for desertion and nonsupport of his children of the first marriage, on...In any trial or proceeding in which character is an element of a charge, claim, or defense, evidence of character is not barred by the rule that prohibits the use of a person's character to show the person's conduct.