ER413
IMMIGRATIONSTATUS
(a)CriminalCases;EvidenceGenerallyInadmissible.Inanycriminal
matter,evidenceofaparty'sorawitness'simmigrationstatusshallnotbeadmissibleunlessimmigrationstatusisanessentialfacttoproveanelementof, oradefenseto,thecriminaloffense withwhichthedefendantis charged,ortoshowbiasorprejudiceofawitnesspursuanttoER607.Thefollowingprocedureshallapplypriortoanysuchproposedusesofimmigrationstatus evidencetoshowbiasorprejudiceofawitness:
(1)Awrittenpretrialmotionshallbemadethatincludesanofferofproofof therelevancyoftheproposedevidence.
(2)Thewrittenmotionshallbeaccompaniedbyanaffidavitor affidavitsinwhichtheofferofproofshall bestated.
(3)If thecourtfindsthattheofferofproofissufficient,thecourtshallorderahearingoutsidethepresenceofthejury.
(4)Thecourtmayadmitevidenceofimmigrationstatustoshowbiasorprejudiceifitfinds thattheevidenceisreliable andrelevant,andthatitsprobativevalue outweighstheprejudicialnatureofevidenceofimmigrationstatus.
(5)Nothinginthissectionshallbeconstruedtoexcludeevidencethat wouldresultintheviolationofadefendant'sconstitutionalrights.
(b)CivilCases;EvidenceGenerallyInadmissible.Exceptasprovidedinsubsection(b)(l),evidenceofaparty'sorawitness'simmigrationstatusshallnotbeadmissibleunlessimmigrationstatusisanessentialfacttoproveanelementofaparty'scauseofaction.
(1)Post trialProceedings.Evidenceofimmigrationstatusmaybesubmittedtothecourtthroughapost trialmotion:
(A)whereapartywhoissubjecttoafinalorderofremovalinimmigrationproceedingswasawardeddamagesforfuturelostearnings;or
(B)whereapartywasawardedreinstatementtoemployment.
(2)Proceduretoreviewevidence.Wheneverapartyseekstouseorintroduceimmigrationstatusevidence,thecourtshallconductanincamerareviewofsuchevidence.Themotion,relatedpapers,andrecordofsuchreviewmaybesealedpursuanttoGR15,andshallremainundersealunlessthecourtordersotherwise.Ifthecourtdeterminesthattheevidencemaybeused,thecourtshallmakefindingsoffactandconclusionsoflawregardingthepermitteduseofthatevidence.
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