United States Seventh Circuit

Admission of character evidence about the government's key witness was not impermissible "bolstering" where the witness's credibility had been challenged, and testimony about defendant's silence during a handwriting exemplar procedure did not violate the Fifth Amendment.

Appellate Information

• Argued 01/11/2002
• Decided 09/13/2002
• Published 09/13/2002

Judges

• DIANE P. WOOD, Circuit Judge., Before EASTERBROOK, KANNE, and DIANE P. WOOD, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Seventh Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• Diane L. Berkowitz (argued), Office of the United States Attorney, Hammond, IN, for plaintiff-appellee., Thomas J. Organ (argued), Arlington Heights, IL, for defendant-appellant.