Is there any case law where a defendant alleges that a prosecutor deliberately and knowingly introduced character-trait evidence in a criminal case?

Defendant also contends that the prosecutor deliberately and knowingly introduced the evidence of defendant's prior criminal conduct; that it therefore constituted prosecutorial misconduct giving rise to a violation of defendant's due process rights. "Prosecutorial misconduct implies the use of deceptive or reprehensible methods to attempt to persuade either the court or the jury." (People v. Strickland (1974) 11 Cal.3d 946, 955, 114 Cal.Rptr. 632, 523 P.2d 672, 677.) The absence of good faith is an essential ingredient of the concept of misconduct. (People v. Chojnacky (1973) 8 Cal.3d 759, 766, 106 Cal.Rptr. 106, 505 P.2d 530.) But we do not interpret the record as establishing bad faith on the part of the prosecutor in introducing the inadmissible character-trait evidence.

[87 Cal.App.3d 70]