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2021 Florida Statutes
Title VII - Evidence
Chapter 90 - Evidence Code
90.609 - Character of Witness as Impeachment.
Universal Citation: FL Stat § 90.609 (2021)
90.609 Character of witness as impeachment.—A party may attack or support the credibility of a witness, including an accused, by evidence in the form of reputation, except that:
(1) The evidence may refer only to character relating to truthfulness.
(2) Evidence of a truthful character is admissible only after the character of the witness for truthfulness has been attacked by reputation evidence.
History.—s. 1, ch. 76-237; s. 1, ch. 77-77; ss. 15, 22, ch. 78-361; ss. 1, 2, ch. 78-379.