Rule 104 – Preliminary questions.
Rule 104. Preliminary questions. (a) Questions of admissibility generally. – Preliminary questions concerning the qualification of a person to be a witness, the existence of a privilege, or the admissibility of evidence shall be determined by the court, subject to the provisions of subdivision (b). In making its determination it is not bound by the […]
Rule 105 – Limited admissibility.
Rule 105. Limited admissibility. When evidence which is admissible as to one party or for one purpose but not admissible as to another party or for another purpose is admitted, the court, upon request, shall restrict the evidence to its proper scope and instruct the jury accordingly. (1983, c. 701, s. 1.)
Rule 106 – Remainder of or related writings or recorded statements.
Rule 106. Remainder of or related writings or recorded statements. When a writing or recorded statement or part thereof is introduced by a party, an adverse party may require him at that time to introduce any other part or any other writing or recorded statement which ought in fairness to be considered contemporaneously with it. […]
Rule 201 – Judicial notice of adjudicative facts.
Rule 201. Judicial notice of adjudicative facts. (a) Scope of rule. – This rule governs only judicial notice of adjudicative facts. (b) Kinds of facts. – A judicially noticed fact must be one not subject to reasonable dispute in that it is either (1) generally known within the territorial jurisdiction of the trial court or […]
Rule 301 – Presumptions in general in civil actions and proceedings.
Rule 301. Presumptions in general in civil actions and proceedings. In all civil actions and proceedings when not otherwise provided for by statute, by judicial decision, or by these rules, a presumption imposes on the party against whom it is directed the burden of going forward with evidence to rebut or meet the presumption, but […]
Rule 302 – Applicability of federal law in civil actions and proceedings.
Rule 302. Applicability of federal law in civil actions and proceedings. In civil actions and proceedings, the effect of a presumption respecting a fact which is an element of a claim or defense as to which federal law supplies the rule of decision is determined in accordance with federal law. (1983, c. 701, s. 1.)
Rule 401 – Definition of "relevant evidence."
Rule 401. Definition of "relevant evidence." "Relevant evidence" means evidence having any tendency to make the existence of any fact that is of consequence to the determination of the action more probable or less probable than it would be without the evidence. (1983, c. 701, s. 1.)