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Ind. Evidence Rule 608
A Witness’s Character for Truthfulness or
Untruthfulness
Effective January 1, 2014
(a) Reputation or Opinion Evidence.
A witness's credibility may be attacked or supported by testimony about the witness's reputation for
having a character for truthfulness or untruthfulness, or by testimony in the form of an opinion about
that character. But evidence of truthful character is admissible only after the witness's character for
truthfulness has been attacked.
(b) Specific Instances of Conduct.
Except for a criminal conviction under Rule 609, extrinsic evidence is not admissible to prove specific instances of a witness's conduct in order to attack or support the witness's character for truthfulness. But the court may, on cross-examination, allow them to be inquired into if they are
probative of the character for truthfulness or untruthfulness of another witness whose character the
witness being cross-examined has testified about.
Provenance
- Source
- rules.incourts.gov
- Retrieved
- 2026-10-02
- Edition
- supplied-in-06-2026-07-01
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