United States v. Christopher Hall

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• error to admit quasi-expert testimony whose “sole purpose was to inform the jury that it need not view the absence of corroborating physical evidence as a weakness in the government’s case.”
• “[WJhen the defendant has opened the door to a line of testimony by presenting evidence thereon, he cannot object to the prosecution’s accepting the challenge and attempting to rebut the proposition asserted.”
• “[A] witness’s mo- tivation for testifying, as well as any potential incentives for USCA11 Case: 21-13720 Document: 56-1 Date Filed: 12/15/2022 Page: 16 of 22 16 Opinion of the Court 21-13720 falsification, are always relevant lines of inquiry.”

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