# D.R.E. 406: Rule 406. Habit; Routine Practice

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URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/SRULES_DE_DRE_R406

## Section

- **Citation:** D.R.E. 406
- **Heading:** Rule 406. Habit; Routine Practice
- **Jurisdiction:** Delaware
- **Kind:** Court rules
- **Status:** In force
- **Text as of:** August 14, 2026
- **Source:** Compiled text
- **Location:** Delaware Court Rules / Other Rules / Delaware Uniform Rules of Evidence / D.R.E. 406

## Text

Evidence of a person’s habit or an organization’s routine practice may be
admitted to prove that on a particular occasion the person or organization
acted in accordance with the habit or routine practice. The court may admit
this evidence regardless of whether it is corroborated or whether there was an
eyewitness.
Comment
This rule tracks F.R.E. 406.
The Committee believes that although this rule permits the admissibility of
habit, evidence of habit should be admitted only after careful consideration by
the court of whether the conduct is in fact a habit. See the examples set forth
in the United States Supreme Court Advisory Committee’s note to F.R.E.
406(a).
The Committee rejected U.R.E. Rule 406(b) (not contained in F.R.E.). The
Committee believed, as did Congress, that the method of proof of habit and
routine practice should be left to the courts on a case-by-case basis and
therefore U.R.E. 406(b) should not be adopted.
For prior Delaware case illustrating the law covered by this rule, see
Wilmington City Ry. v. White, Del. Supr., 66 A. 1009 (1907).

D.R.E. 406 was amended in 2017 in response to the 2011 restyling of the
Federal Rules of Evidence. The amendment is intended to be stylistic only.
There is no intent to change any result in ruling on evidence admissibility.

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