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To: AllAmericanGirl44

http://www.law.cornell.edu/rules/fre/rule_404

) Exceptions for a Defendant or Victim in a Criminal Case. The following exceptions apply in a criminal case:

(A) a defendant may offer evidence of the defendant’s pertinent trait, and if the evidence is admitted, the prosecutor may offer evidence to rebut it;

(B) subject to the limitations in Rule 412, a defendant may offer evidence of an alleged victim’s pertinent trait, and if the evidence is admitted, the prosecutor may:

(i) offer evidence to rebut it; and

(ii) offer evidence of the defendant’s same trait; and

(C) in a homicide case, the prosecutor may offer evidence of the alleged victim’s trait of peacefulness to rebut evidence that the victim was the first aggressor.


1,004 posted on 06/28/2013 1:47:13 PM PDT by RummyChick
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To: RummyChick

Very interesting. Thanks


1,016 posted on 06/28/2013 1:50:45 PM PDT by AllAmericanGirl44 ('Hey citizen, what's in YOUR closet?')
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