Comments on: Is Downton Abbey Legally Accurate? https://www.colintnelson.com/downton-abbey-legally-accurate/ Mystery Suspense Author Thu, 19 Mar 2015 00:24:14 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.2 By: Colin Nelson https://www.colintnelson.com/downton-abbey-legally-accurate/#comment-27095 Thu, 19 Mar 2015 00:24:14 +0000 https://www.colintnelson.com/?p=1793#comment-27095 In reply to Edward Still.

thanks so much for your comment—let me know what you find out. I didn’t know 404 was used in civil cases . . .guess there’s no reason why not. Keep in touch. Colin

]]> By: Edward Still https://www.colintnelson.com/downton-abbey-legally-accurate/#comment-26977 Tue, 17 Mar 2015 23:07:20 +0000 https://www.colintnelson.com/?p=1793#comment-26977 I have been wondering the same thing about prior-acts evidence. I am civil-side lawyer and have not been involved in criminal cases for decades. But Federal Evidence Rule 404 (the prior-acts rule) applies to both criminal and civil cases, and I have been working on a brief involving Rule 404 for one of my clients.

I’m going to do some research and see what I can find out about the common-law antecedents of Rule 404. I’ll let you know what I find.

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