United States v. Opager

Patricia Lynn Opager (defendant) was prosecuted for possessing cocaine with intent to distribute; government witness Phillip Posner testified he saw Opager sell cocaine while working with her at a salon in both 1974 and 1976. Opager called five witnesses to challenge Posner's general character for truthfulness and separately sought to introduce salon payroll records showing she and Posner never actually worked together in 1974, but the trial judge excluded the payroll records under Rule 608(b), and the jury convicted her.