Character Impeachment Evidence: The Asymmetrical Interaction between Personality and Situation

In Part I of this Comment, I present a short version of my argument against the admissibility of character impeachment evidence of criminal defendants, showing how the key elements ofthis argument are present in Professor Uviller\u27s own Article. In Part II, I suggest that, notwithstanding Professor Uviller\u27s comments to the contrary, an asymmetrical result-never admitting character evidence to impeach criminal defendants but admitting such evidence in some circumstances to impeach other witnesses- is perfectly reasonable. Finally, in Part III, I contend that Professor Uviller\u27s interesting judicial surveys support the solution I have proposed for the problem of character impeachment evidence