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Article 4. Relevance and Its Limits


 

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Click on "Article 4 Rules" for a single document of all Article 4 rules.

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The rules are generally listed in alphabetical order within each category.

 

ARTICLE 4 RULES

(Last update: June 2022, including renumbering rules beginning with 4.21)

 

 

RELEVANCE, IN GENERAL

 

4.01. RELEVANT EVIDENCE docx
   
4.02. DIRECT AND CIRCUMSTANTIAL EVIDENCE DEFINED docx
   
4.03. COMPLETING AND EXPLAINING RELEVANT EVIDENCE docx
4.05. CONDITIONAL RELEVANCE (SUBJECT TO CONNECTION) docx
4.07. EXCLUSION OF RELEVANT EVIDENCE docx
4.08. "OPENING THE DOOR" TO EVIDENCE docx
4.09. RESTRICTED ADMISSIBILITY OF RELEVANT EVIDENCE docx

 

RELEVANCE OF SPECIFIC TYPES OF EVIDENCE

 

4.11. CHARACTER EVIDENCE docx
4.13. HABIT docx

 

RELEVANCE OF SPECIFIC TYPES OF EVIDENCE APPLIED PRINCIPALLY IN CIVIL PROCEEDINGS

 

4.15. LIABILITY INSURANCE docx
4.16. OFFERS TO COMPROMISE (CPLR 4547) docx
4.17. PAYMENT BY JOINT TORTFEASOR (CPLR 4533-b) docx
4.18. PAYMENT OF MEDICAL EXPENSES docx
4.19. SUBSEQUENT REMEDIAL MEASURE docx

 

RELEVANCE OF SEPCIFIC TYPES OF EVIDENCE APPLIED PRINCIPALLY IN CRIMINAL PROCEEDINGS

 

4.21. CHEMICAL TEST EVIDENCE (DRUGS OR ALCOHOL IN BLOOD) (CPL 60.75; VTL 1195[1]) docx
4.22.COMPLAINANT'S SEXUAL CONDUCT OR DRESS (CPL 60.42; 60.43; 60.48) docx
4.24. CONSCIOUSNESS OF GUILT docx
4.26. CULPABILITY OF A THIRD PARTY docx
4.28. EVIDENCE OF CRIMES AND WRONGS (MOLINEUX) docx
4.30. EVIDENCE OF DRUGS DESTROYED PER COURT ORDER (CPL 60.70) docx
4.32. EVIDENCE OF PLEA AND ANCILLARY STATEMENTS docx
4.34. IDENTIFICATION OF A DEFENDANT (CPL 60.25; 60.30) docx
4.36. INTOXICATION OF DEFENDANT, EFFECT ON LIABILITY (Penal Law 15.25; 15.05[3]) docx

4.38. MOTIVE TO COMMIT AN OFFENSE

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4.40. POSSESION OF CONDOMS, RECEIPT INTO EVIDENCE (CPL 60.47) docx
4.42. POSSESSION OF OPIOID ANTAGONISTS, RECEIPT INTO EVIDENCE (CPLR 4519-a; CPL 60.49) docx
4.44. PROOF OF PREVIOUS CONVICTION; WHEN ALLOWED (CPL 60.40[3]) docx
4.46. STATEMENTS OF DEFENDANT, CORROBORATION (CPL 60.50) docx