The Supreme Court ruled on Wednesday that despite a trial court’s admitting prejudicial testimony by a victim who cited high-profile police brutality cases—as well as lay opinion testimony on the conduct of the defendant officer—the evidence was enough to uphold his conviction.

In State v. Trinidad, former Bloomfield police officer Orlando Trinidad argued that he was denied a fair trial due to Marcus Jeter’s testimony and the admission of Bloomfield Police Department Internal Affairs Division Lt. Michael J. Cofone’s lay opinion regarding his guilt. He also claimed he should’ve been granted a judgment of acquittal notwithstanding the verdict, and that his sentence was excessive.