Rule 609
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Rule 609 is a provision of the U.S. Federal Rules of Evidence that governs when a witness’s prior criminal convictions may be used to challenge their credibility in court.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Rule 609 canonical | 2 |
| Fed. R. Evid. 609 | 1 |
| Federal Rule of Evidence 609 | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3392813 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Rule 609 Context triple: [Article VI – Witnesses, includesRule, Rule 609]
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A.
Rule 56
Rule 56 is the provision in the U.S. Federal Rules of Civil Procedure that governs summary judgment, allowing courts to decide cases without trial when there is no genuine dispute of material fact.
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B.
Rule 65
Rule 65 is a provision of the U.S. Federal Rules of Civil Procedure that governs the issuance and terms of temporary restraining orders and preliminary and permanent injunctions in federal civil cases.
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C.
Rule 8
Rule 8 is a key provision of the U.S. Federal Rules of Civil Procedure that sets out the basic requirements for the content and form of pleadings, including the standard for stating a claim for relief.
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D.
Rule 82
Rule 82 is a provision of the U.S. Federal Rules of Civil Procedure that clarifies the rules do not extend or limit the jurisdiction of federal courts or venue requirements.
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E.
Rule 37
Rule 37 is a provision of the U.S. Federal Rules of Civil Procedure that governs sanctions and remedies for failures to make disclosures or cooperate in discovery during civil litigation.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Rule 609 Target entity description: Rule 609 is a provision of the U.S. Federal Rules of Evidence that governs when a witness’s prior criminal convictions may be used to challenge their credibility in court.
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A.
Rule 56
Rule 56 is the provision in the U.S. Federal Rules of Civil Procedure that governs summary judgment, allowing courts to decide cases without trial when there is no genuine dispute of material fact.
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B.
Rule 65
Rule 65 is a provision of the U.S. Federal Rules of Civil Procedure that governs the issuance and terms of temporary restraining orders and preliminary and permanent injunctions in federal civil cases.
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C.
Rule 8
Rule 8 is a key provision of the U.S. Federal Rules of Civil Procedure that sets out the basic requirements for the content and form of pleadings, including the standard for stating a claim for relief.
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D.
Rule 82
Rule 82 is a provision of the U.S. Federal Rules of Civil Procedure that clarifies the rules do not extend or limit the jurisdiction of federal courts or venue requirements.
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E.
Rule 37
Rule 37 is a provision of the U.S. Federal Rules of Civil Procedure that governs sanctions and remedies for failures to make disclosures or cooperate in discovery during civil litigation.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
provision of the U.S. Federal Rules of Evidence
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subsection of Rule 609 ⓘ subsection of Rule 609 ⓘ subsection of Rule 609 ⓘ subsection of Rule 609 ⓘ subsection of Rule 609 ⓘ |
| addresses |
probative value of prior convictions on truthfulness
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risk that evidence of prior convictions will unfairly prejudice the factfinder ⓘ |
| appliesTo |
civil cases
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criminal cases ⓘ criminal defendants as witnesses ⓘ other witnesses ⓘ witnesses in federal court proceedings ⓘ |
| authority |
Supreme Court of the United States (rulemaking under the Rules Enabling Act)
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surface form:
Supreme Court of the United States (promulgation of Federal Rules of Evidence)
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| citedAs |
Rule 609
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Fed. R. Evid. 609
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| codifiedIn |
rules of evidence for the federal courts
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surface form:
Title 28 of the United States Code Appendix (Federal Rules of Evidence)
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| contains |
Rule 609(a)
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Rule 609(b) ⓘ Rule 609(c) ⓘ Rule 609(d) ⓘ Rule 609(e) ⓘ |
| distinguishes |
crimes involving a dishonest act or false statement
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crimes punishable by death or imprisonment for more than one year ⓘ |
| effectiveIn | federal trial courts ⓘ |
| focusesOn | credibility of witnesses ⓘ |
| governs |
admissibility of convictions that are the subject of an appeal
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admissibility of juvenile adjudications for impeachment ⓘ effect of pardon, annulment, or certificate of rehabilitation on admissibility of convictions ⓘ general rule for attacking a witness’s character for truthfulness by evidence of a criminal conviction ⓘ use of convictions more than 10 years old ⓘ use of prior criminal convictions to attack a witness’s character for truthfulness ⓘ |
| jurisdiction |
U.S. federal courts
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surface form:
United States federal courts
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| legalDomain | evidence law ⓘ |
| legalEffect |
limits admissibility of certain prior convictions for impeachment
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permits admission of some prior convictions to challenge credibility ⓘ |
| partOf |
rules of evidence for the federal courts
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surface form:
Federal Rules of Evidence
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| primaryPurpose | regulate impeachment of witnesses by evidence of criminal conviction ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Rule 403
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surface form:
Rule 403 of the Federal Rules of Evidence
Rule 608 of the Federal Rules of Evidence ⓘ |
| requires |
advance written notice for use of certain old convictions
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balancing of probative value against prejudicial effect in certain circumstances ⓘ heightened balancing test for older convictions ⓘ |
| usedBy |
civil litigators
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defense attorneys ⓘ federal judges ⓘ prosecutors ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Rule 609 Description of subject: Rule 609 is a provision of the U.S. Federal Rules of Evidence that governs when a witness’s prior criminal convictions may be used to challenge their credibility in court.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Fed. R. Evid. 609
this entity surface form:
Federal Rule of Evidence 609