Rule 105. LIMITING EVIDENCE THAT IS NOT ADMISSIBLE AGAINST

OTHER PARTIES OR FOR OTHER PURPOSES

If the court admits evidence that is admissible against a party or for a

purpose—but not against another party or for another purpose—the court, on

timely request, must restrict the evidence to its proper scope and instruct the

jury accordingly.

In a criminal case tried to a jury, evidence inadmissible as to one defendant

must not be admitted as to other defendants unless all references to the

defendant as to whom it is inadmissible have been effectively deleted.

Maine Restyling Note [November 2014]

The language of the first sentence of Maine Rule 105 is identical to

Federal Rule 105. Maine’s second sentence is to implement Maine’s version of

the holding in Bruton v. United States, 391 U.S. 123, 126 (1968), which has

been carried over into the restyled Rules.

Federal Advisory Committee Note

The language of Rule 105 has been amended as part of the restyling of

the Evidence Rules to make them more easily understood and to make style

and terminology consistent throughout the rules. These changes are intended

to be stylistic only. There is no intent to change any result in any ruling on

evidence admissibility.

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