{"id":4521,"date":"2017-08-10T16:05:41","date_gmt":"2017-08-10T16:05:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/reunitethestates.org\/?page_id=4521"},"modified":"2017-08-10T16:05:41","modified_gmt":"2017-08-10T16:05:41","slug":"rule-405-methods-of-proving-character","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/reunitethestates.org\/?page_id=4521","title":{"rendered":"Rule 405 \u2013 Methods of Proving Character"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>(a) <strong>By Reputation or Opinion<\/strong>. When evidence of a person\u2019s character or character trait is admissible, it may be proved by testimony about the person\u2019s reputation or by testimony in the form of an opinion. On cross-examination of the character witness, the court may allow an inquiry into relevant specific instances of the person\u2019s conduct.<\/p>\n<p>(b) <strong>By Specific Instances of Conduct<\/strong>. When a person\u2019s character or character trait is an essential element of a charge, claim, or defense, the character or trait may also be proved by relevant specific instances of the person\u2019s conduct.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(a) By Reputation or Opinion. When evidence of a person\u2019s character or character trait is admissible, it may be proved by testimony about the person\u2019s reputation or by testimony in the form of an opinion. On cross-examination of the character witness, the court may allow an inquiry into relevant specific instances of the person\u2019s conduct. &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/reunitethestates.org\/?page_id=4521\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Rule 405 \u2013 Methods of Proving Character<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":4479,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-4521","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/reunitethestates.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4521","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/reunitethestates.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/reunitethestates.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reunitethestates.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reunitethestates.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4521"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/reunitethestates.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4521\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4522,"href":"https:\/\/reunitethestates.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4521\/revisions\/4522"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reunitethestates.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4479"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/reunitethestates.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4521"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}