If, while testifying, a witness creates a false impression of law abiding behavior, she "opens the door" on her otherwise irrelevant past criminal history, and opposing counsel may expose the falsehood. This exception to the general rule of inadmissibility does not apply to permit opposing counsel to rely on his own interrogation during cross-examination to contradict the witness and then admit evidence of collateral matters which would otherwise be inadmissible.
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