Transcription of 6. CHARACTER EVIDENCE
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6. CHARACTER EVIDENCE
6. CHARACTER EVIDENCE . A. Introduction 1. Rule 404 makes CHARACTER EVIDENCE inadmissible in most circumstances, but admissible under several exceptions. 2. Definition a) CHARACTER is not defined in Rule 404, so we rely on customary usage. b) The definition is tricky, because most people associate CHARACTER with moral qualities. That is part of the definition, but not the whole. CHARACTER also includes non-moral characteristics, behavioral tendencies, and patterns of life, which would include things having nothing to do with morality like carefulness, shyness or fondness for cats. While CHARACTER EVIDENCE often concerns a person's moral qualities, it is not limited to moral behavior. CHARACTER is a pattern of any kind of behavior, whether it involves an issue of morality or not. c) The definition is also tricky because you have to distinguish "fixed behavior from a "tendency" to behave in certain ways.
of bad character evidence will be admissible in rebuttal. 3. Character of victim. The accused may offer evidence of a pertinent trait of character of the victim that is material to the crime. After the accused places the victim's character in issue, the prosecutor may offer rebuttal evidence on that same trait. The state may rebut only as to the
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