Rule 415. Similar Acts in Civil Cases Involving Sexual Assault or Child Molestation — Inbound Citations

Citations to Fed. R. Evid. 415 as a whole

• Fed. R. Evid. 413(d)

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  (d) In this rule and Rule 415, “sexual assault” means a crime under federal law or under state law (as “state” is defined in 18 U.S.C. § 513) involving:

  (1) any conduct prohibited by 18 U.S.C. chapter 109A;

  (2) contact, without consent, between any part of the defendant’s body—or an object—and another person’s genitals or anus;

  (3) contact, without consent, between the defendant’s genitals or anus and any part of another person’s body;

  (4) deriving sexual pleasure or gratification from inflicting death, bodily injury, or physical pain on another person; or

  (5) an attempt or conspiracy to engage in conduct described in subparagraphs (1)–(4).
• Fed. R. Evid. 414(d)

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  (d) 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).