United States v. Francisco Mendoza-Prado, Aka, Paco

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• concluding that \evidence of general good character opened the door to the government's evidence of prior bad acts to demonstrate bad character\
• concluding that “evidence of general good character opened the door to the government’s evidence of prior bad acts to demonstrate bad character”
• “The government may introduce otherwise 27 inadmissible evidence when the defendant opens the door by introducing potentially misleading 28 testimony.”
• “The mere suggestion to commit a crime does not amount to inducement, even if the suggestion is made by a friend.” (citation omitted)
• plaintiff opened the door to evidence of his drug trafficking by testifying that he was “a working man and a family man,” who was “not interested in that narcotics and stuff,” and “was afraid to get involved in some drugs.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).