These rules of procedure and evidence, adopted pursuant to article 15 of the. Effective january 20, the georgia general assembly enacted a new evidence code modeled after the federal rules of evidence. Justia us law us codes and statutes georgia code 2014 georgia code title 24 evidence view the 2018 georgia code view previous versions of the georgia code. Rule 404, character evidence not admissible to prove conduct. At the time of issuance of these revised rules, the committee has four subcommittees, namely the. The georgia rule on hearsay will change on january 1 st, when the new evidence code becomes law. Rules of procedure and evidence united nations international. The lawyer and the judge said they were using the new rules of evidence in georgia effective january 1 20. Additional amendments were adopted by the court by.
Rules of procedure and evidence international criminal court. The new evidence code was a longtime project of the state bar. Federal rules of evidence legal information institute cornell. Military rules of evidence joint service committee. So after i lost the case, when i got home i looked up these new rules.
Iba rules on the taking of evidence in international arbitration. Since then, georgia courts have wrestled with how to interpret georgias evidence code and what to do with the body of earlier case law addressing evidence issues. Supreme court of the united states and the united states circuit. The georgia supreme court looks at georgias new evidence. All laws in conflict with such rules shall be of no. The new georgia evidence code, based more or less on the federal rules of evidence, will go into effect on january 1, 20. I got destroyed by the new georgia evidence rules, did. The textual limitation of former rule 101c to criminal cases has been eliminated. Except for rules governing privilege, the evidence code does not apply to the following situations.