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Fed. R. Evid. 414
Similar Crimes in Child-Molestation Cases
(a) PERMITTED USES. In a criminal case in which a defendant is
accused of child molestation, the court may admit evidence that
the defendant committed any other child molestation. The evidence may be considered on any matter to which it is relevant.
9 Rule 501 FEDERAL RULES OF EVIDENCE
(b) DISCLOSURE TO THE DEFENDANT. If the prosecutor intends to
offer this evidence, the prosecutor must disclose it to the defendant, including witnesses’ statements or a summary of the expected testimony. The prosecutor must do so at least 15 days before trial or at a later time that the court allows for good cause.
(c) EFFECT ON OTHER RULES. This rule does not limit the admission or consideration of evidence under any other rule.
(d) D EFINITION OF ‘‘CHILD’’ AND ‘‘CHILD MOLESTATION.’’ In this
rule and Rule 415:
(1) ‘‘child’’ means a person below the age of 14; and
(2) ‘‘child molestation’’ means a crime under federal law or
under state law (as ‘‘state’’ is defined in 18 U.S.C. § 513) involving:
(A) any conduct prohibited by 18 U.S.C. chapter 109A and
committed with a child;
(B) any conduct prohibited by 18 U.S.C. chapter 110;
(C) contact between any part of the defendant’s body—or
an object—and a child’s genitals or anus;
(D) contact between the defendant’s genitals or anus and
any part of a child’s body;
(E) deriving sexual pleasure or gratification from inflicting death, bodily injury, or physical pain on a child; or
(F) an attempt or conspiracy to engage in conduct described in subparagraphs (A)–(E).
(As added Pub. L. 103–322, title XXXII, § 320935(a), Sept. 13, 1994, 108
Stat. 2136, eff. July 9, 1995; amended Apr. 26, 2011, eff. Dec. 1, 2011.)
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