I got destroyed by the new georgia evidence rules, did. The new evidence code was a longtime project of the state bar. Federal rules of evidence legal information institute cornell. All laws in conflict with such rules shall be of no. Criminal court do not affect the procedural rules for any national court or. Except for rules governing privilege, the evidence code does not apply to the following situations. The lawyer and the judge said they were using the new rules of evidence in georgia effective january 1 20. Rule 404, character evidence not admissible to prove conduct. These rules of procedure and evidence, adopted pursuant to article 15 of the.
The textual limitation of former rule 101c to criminal cases has been eliminated. Rules of procedure and evidence united nations international. Supreme court of the united states and the united states circuit. So after i lost the case, when i got home i looked up these new rules. Justia us law us codes and statutes georgia code 2014 georgia code title 24 evidence view the 2018 georgia code view previous versions of the georgia code. The georgia rule on hearsay will change on january 1 st, when the new evidence code becomes law. Effective january 20, the georgia general assembly enacted a new evidence code modeled after the federal rules of evidence.
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