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Rule 5.406. Habit; routine practice. Evidence of a person’s habit or an organization’s routine

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Iowa Court Rules › Rules of Evidence › Chapter 5 - Rules of Evidence › Iowa R. Evid. 5.406

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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.

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