Opinion
No. 20060089-SC.
February 2, 2006.
ORDER
IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that proposed Rule 416 of the Utah Rules of Evidence, stated below, is adopted as promulgated, with an effective date of March 1, 2006, pursuant to the expedited rulemaking provisions contained in Rule 11-101 (6) (F) of the Supreme Court Rules of Professional Practice.
Rule 416. Violation of traffic code not admissible.
Evidence that a person was convicted under a provision of Utah Code Annotated, Title 41, Chapter 6 (a), of an infraction or class C misdemeanor is not admissible on the issue of whether the person acted negligently or otherwise wrongfully, or to impeach the person's testimony on those issues.