State v. Vandeweaghe

How courts have described this case

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• noting that this doctrine is used “ ‘to prevent prejudice,’ and may not ‘be subverted into a rule for [the] injection of prejudice.’ ”
• explaining that the opening- the-door doctrine has limits and cannot be used to inject prejudice into a trial
• Weiner’s testimony that defendant had antisocial personality disorder and was a liar, presented in rebuttal to intoxication defense, was highly prejudicial plain error, requiring reversal

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).