{"id":4262,"date":"2026-01-08T20:27:05","date_gmt":"2026-01-08T20:27:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/legacy.utcourts.gov\/utc\/rules-approved\/?p=4262"},"modified":"2026-01-08T20:45:42","modified_gmt":"2026-01-08T20:45:42","slug":"rules-of-evidence-effective-may-1-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/legacy.utcourts.gov\/utc\/rules-approved\/2026\/01\/08\/rules-of-evidence-effective-may-1-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"Rules of Evidence &#8211; Effective May 1, 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/legacy.utcourts.gov\/utc\/rules-approved\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2026\/01\/URE-Rule-404-FINAL-redline-111925.pdf\">URE0404.<\/a> Character evidence; crimes or other acts. Amend. The amendments to the text of the rule are technical rather than substantive in nature. Additionally, a new advisory committee note clarifies that consideration of the\u00a0<i>Shickles<\/i>\u00a0factors is no longer mandatory,\u00a0but that they may be relevant and properly\u00a0considered depending on the facts and circumstances of the case.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/legacy.utcourts.gov\/utc\/rules-approved\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2026\/01\/URE-Rule-408-FINAL-redline-111925.pdf\">URE0408.<\/a> Compromise offers and negotiations. Amend. Amendments to the text of this rule are likewise technical rather than substantive. A new advisory committee note observes that the rule differs from its federal counterpart.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/legacy.utcourts.gov\/utc\/rules-approved\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2026\/01\/URE-Rule-510-FINAL-redline-111925.pdf\">URE0510. <\/a> Miscellaneous matters. Amend. Amendments to the text of the rule are technical only. A reference has been added to legislation last year substantively amending this rule.<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/legacy.utcourts.gov\/utc\/rules-approved\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2026\/01\/URE-Rule-404-Order-effective-5-1-26-signed.pdf\">Supreme Court Order<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/legacy.utcourts.gov\/utc\/rules-approved\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2026\/01\/URE-Rule-408-Order-effective-5-1-26-signed.pdf\">Supreme Court Order<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div><a href=\"http:\/\/legacy.utcourts.gov\/utc\/rules-approved\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2026\/01\/URE-Rule-510-Order-effective-5-1-26-signed.pdf\">Supreme Court Order<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>URE0404. Character evidence; crimes or other acts. Amend. The amendments to the text of the rule are technical rather than substantive in nature. Additionally, a new advisory committee note clarifies that consideration of the\u00a0Shickles\u00a0factors is no longer mandatory,\u00a0but that they may be relevant and properly\u00a0considered depending on the facts and circumstances of the case. URE0408. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":67,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,159,1151,1138],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4262","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-rule","category-ure0404","category-ure0408","category-ure0510"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-04-16 10:20:01","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/legacy.utcourts.gov\/utc\/rules-approved\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4262","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/legacy.utcourts.gov\/utc\/rules-approved\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/legacy.utcourts.gov\/utc\/rules-approved\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/legacy.utcourts.gov\/utc\/rules-approved\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/67"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/legacy.utcourts.gov\/utc\/rules-approved\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4262"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/legacy.utcourts.gov\/utc\/rules-approved\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4262\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4270,"href":"https:\/\/legacy.utcourts.gov\/utc\/rules-approved\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4262\/revisions\/4270"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/legacy.utcourts.gov\/utc\/rules-approved\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4262"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/legacy.utcourts.gov\/utc\/rules-approved\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4262"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/legacy.utcourts.gov\/utc\/rules-approved\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4262"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}