Federal Rules of Evidence

Federal Rules of Evidence govern the admission or exclusion of evidence in most proceedings in the United States courts. The Supreme Court submitted proposed Federal Rules of Evidence to Congress on February 5, 1973, but Congress exercised its power under the Rules Enabling Act to suspend their implementation. The Federal Rules of Evidence became federal law on January 2, 1975, when President Ford signed the Act to Establish Rules of Evidence for Certain Courts and Proceedings, Pub. L. No. 93-595. As enacted, the Evidence Rules included amendments by Congress to the rules originally proposed by the Supreme Court.

Related products: Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, December 1, 2016 can be found here: https: //bookstore.gpo.gov/products/federal-rules-civil-procedure-2016

Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure, December 1, 2016 is available here: https: //bookstore.gpo.gov/products/federal-rules-criminal-procedure-2016

Federal Rules of Appellate Court Procedure, December 1, 2016 is available here: https: //bookstore.gpo.gov/products/federal-rules-appellate-procedure-2016

Alternative Sentencing in the Federal Criminal Justice System is available here: https: //bookstore.gpo.gov/products/alternative-sentencing-federal-criminal-justice-system

Evidence resources collection can be found here: https: //bookstore.gpo.gov/catalog/evidence-collection