• Character evidence is usu., but not always, prohibited if offered to show that the person acted in conformity with that character. [Cases: Criminal Law 375; Evidence 106; Witnesses 333–362. C.J.S. Criminal Law §§ 816–818; Evidence §§ 495–497, 499–502, 504–506; Witnesses §§ 566, 585–617.]
character evidence
Evidence regarding someone’s general personality traits or propensities, of a praiseworthy or blameworthy nature; evidence of a person’s moral standing in a community. Fed. R. Evid. 404, 405, 608.