Digest of United States Supreme Court Reports, Volume 20LexisNexis, 1987 This set organizes the case law of the Supreme Court alphabetically with headnotes arranged under modern titles of law. It also includes a Table of Cases, which lists alphabetically all decisions, specifying Digest sections where headnotes are located. - Publisher. |
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... Character Evidence Generally . - Evidence of a person's charac- ter or a trait of character is not admissible for the purpose of proving action in conformity therewith on a particular occasion , except : ( 1 ) Character of accused ...
... Character Evidence Generally . - Evidence of a person's charac- ter or a trait of character is not admissible for the purpose of proving action in conformity therewith on a particular occasion , except : ( 1 ) Character of accused ...
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consistently with his character . This use of character is often described as " circumstantial . " Illustrations are : evidence of a violent disposition to prove that the person was the aggressor in an affray , or evidence of honesty in ...
consistently with his character . This use of character is often described as " circumstantial . " Illustrations are : evidence of a violent disposition to prove that the person was the aggressor in an affray , or evidence of honesty in ...
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... character for truthfulness or untruthful- ness , and ( 2 ) evidence of truthful character is admissible only after the character of the witness for truthfulness has been attacked by opinion or reputation evidence or otherwise . ( b ) ...
... character for truthfulness or untruthful- ness , and ( 2 ) evidence of truthful character is admissible only after the character of the witness for truthfulness has been attacked by opinion or reputation evidence or otherwise . ( b ) ...
Contents
FEDERAL RULES OF EVIDENCE | 1 |
APPENDIX 1HOUSE COMMITTEE ON THE JUDICIARY | 159 |
APPENDIX 2SENATE COMMITTEE ON THE JUDICIARY | 191 |
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