Federal Rule of Evidence 408 and Criminal Cases

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Stephen A. Saltzburg

George Washington University School of Law

Date Written: 2011

Abstract

This article examines United States v. Davis, 596 F.3d 852 (D.C. Cir. 2010) to illustrate the kind of protection Federal Rule of Evidence 408 can afford a criminal defendant who seeks to exclude evidence of an offer to settle what appears to be a civil dispute.

Keywords: Rule 408, settlement

JEL Classification: K14, K41, K42

Suggested Citation

Saltzburg, Stephen A., Federal Rule of Evidence 408 and Criminal Cases (2011). 26 Crim. Just. (2011) , GWU Law School Public Law Research Paper No. 2011-2, GWU Legal Studies Research Paper No. 2011-2, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2669956 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.2669956

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