Rule 609. Impeachment by Evidence of a Criminal Conviction — Inbound Citations

Citations to Fed. R. Evid. 609 as a whole

• Fed. R. Evid. 608(b)

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  (b) 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:

  (1) the witness; or

  (2) another witness whose character the witness being cross-examined has testified about.

  By testifying on another matter, a witness does not waive any privilege against self-incrimination for testimony that relates only to the witness’s character for truthfulness.