Opinion ID: 535294
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Heading: Refusal to Allow Goot to Present a Witness

Text: 35 Goot argues that the district court erred in sustaining an objection that prevented him from putting a witness on the stand who would have testified that he gave Morfas $3000.00 for fixing his DUI case, not $1000.00 as Morfas had testified on cross-examination. However, [t]he rule in this circuit is that a witness may not be impeached by contradiction as to collateral matters elicited on cross-examination. United States v. Rovetuso, 768 F.2d 809, 817 (7th Cir.1985), cert. denied, 474 U.S. 1076, 106 S.Ct. 838, 88 L.Ed.2d 809 (1986); see also Fed.R.Evid. 608(b).