Opinion ID: 535294
Heading Depth: 1
Heading Rank: 5

Heading: Admission of Prejudicial Testimony

Text: 36 Goot next argues that the district court erred in allowing witnesses to testify about the convictions of judges in fixing DUI cases, because such testimony prejudiced the jury against him. This testimony was elicited in response to Goot's having implied on cross-examination that the judges would have noticed any alleged improprieties. The judges' convictions were brought out in redirect examination to show that Morfas and Goot had the opportunity to perpetrate their crimes because of the general climate of corruption in the Lake County court system. We hold that the admission of this testimony was within the district court's discretion. United States v. Serlin, 707 F.2d 953, 959 (7th Cir.1983).