context: As to the Barnett testimony, the prosecutor may not, by innuendo, attack a witness' credibility by asking about a witness' criminal conduct when the prosecutor has no basis for the question.
citation_a.signal: see also
citation_a.parenthetical: attempt to impeach witness by showing merely an accusation of misconduct has been uniformly prohibited
citation_a.sentence: See United States v. Davenport, 753 F.2d 1460, 1463-64 (9th Cir.1985) (prosecutor may not question character witness about accused’s misconduct absent good faith belief that misconduct occurred); 3A J. Wigmore, Evidence § 988, at 921 (Chadbourn rev. 1970) (attacking a witness’ character indirectly by insinuation “should be strictly supervised by forbidding it to counsel who do not use it in good faith”); see also United States v. Madden, 482 F.2d 850, 852 (8th Cir.), cert. denied, 414 U.S. 1026, 94 S.Ct. 453, 38 L.Ed.2d 318 (1973) (attempt to impeach witness by showing merely an accusation of misconduct has been uniformly prohibited).
citation_b.signal: see
citation_b.identifier: 753 F.2d 1460, 1463-64
citation_b.parenthetical: prosecutor may not question character witness about accused's misconduct absent good faith belief that misconduct occurred
citation_b.sentence: See United States v. Davenport, 753 F.2d 1460, 1463-64 (9th Cir.1985) (prosecutor may not question character witness about accused’s misconduct absent good faith belief that misconduct occurred); 3A J. Wigmore, Evidence § 988, at 921 (Chadbourn rev. 1970) (attacking a witness’ character indirectly by insinuation “should be strictly supervised by forbidding it to counsel who do not use it in good faith”); see also United States v. Madden, 482 F.2d 850, 852 (8th Cir.), cert. denied, 414 U.S. 1026, 94 S.Ct. 453, 38 L.Ed.2d 318 (1973) (attempt to impeach witness by showing merely an accusation of misconduct has been uniformly prohibited).