A person's character, or propensity, is inadmissible to show that person's conduct on a specific occasion.

Unites States v. Kehoe, 310 F.3d 579, 590-591 (8th Cir. 2002) (upholding trial court's admission of testimony of defendant's mother about the statements of co-defendant as adoptive admissions because (1) "[defendant] was....An adoptive admission is exempt from the prohibition against hearsay evidence.

United States v. Nelson, 419 F.2d 1237, 1240-1241 (9th Cir. 1969) ("Circumstantial evidence in this respect is intrinsically no different from testimonial evidence. Admittedly, circumstantial evidence may in some cases point to a wholly incorrect result. Yet this is equally true of testimonial evidence....Circumstantial evidence is not an inferior grade of evidence: it can be as strong as (or stronger than) any other kind of evidence, including eyewitness evidence, physical evidence, or scientific evidence.

Cf. United States v. Tafollo-Cardenas, 897 F.2d 976, 980 (9th Cir. 1990) (reversing convictions for conspiracy to import heroin and possession with intent to distribute heroin because the trial court erroneously admitted Contreras'....A prior inconsistent statement of a witness is admissible, not only to impeach the witness, but also as substantive evidence -- to prove the truth of the matter previously asserted by the witness -- only if the prior consistent statement was made in another proceeding.