TITLE 225
| Art. | Rule |
I. GENERAL PROVISIONS … 101 (View pdf)
II. JUDICIAL NOTICE … 201 (View pdf)
III. PRESUMPTIONS … 301 (View pdf)
IV. RELEVANCY AND ITS LIMITS … 401 (View pdf)
V. PRIVILEGES … 501 (View pdf)
VI. WITNESSES … 601 (View pdf)
VII. OPINIONS AND EXPERT TESTIMONY … 701 (View pdf)
VIII. HEARSAY … 801 (View pdf)
IX. AUTHENTICATION AND IDENTIFICATION … 901 (View pdf)
X. CONTENTS OF WRITINGS, RECORDINGS, AND
PHOTOGRAPHS … 1001 (View pdf)
The Comments to these rules were prepared by the Ad Hoc Committee on Evidence for the convenience of the Bench and Bar. They have not been adopted by the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, and they do not have precedential significance.
The Comments were designed to identify the sources for the rules, to compare the Pennsylvania Rules of Evidence to the Federal Rules of Evidence, and to explain the differences. The Comments are not intended to interpret the rules or to be an analysis of current case law, nor are they intended to be an annotation to the rules or a treatise on the intricacies of evidence law.
Although the Pennsylvania rules closely follow the format of the Federal Rules, the guiding principle was generally to preserve the substance of Pennsylvania’s common law of evidence. Whenever a rule departs from prior Pennsylvania law, the Comments usually identify the departure.
The provisions of this Title 225 adopted May 8, 1998, effective October 1, 1998, 28 Pa.B. 2369, unless otherwise noted.
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