2014 Massachusetts Guide to Evidence Now Available

The 2014 Edition of the Massachusetts Guide to Evidence was recently released. It is available without charge on the Massachusetts Courts website at www.mass.gov/courts/sjc/guide-to-evidence, where it can be searched and downloaded. Official print versions are also available from the Flaschner Judicial Institute.

In 2006, the Supreme Judicial Court established a 17-member Advisory Committee to prepare a Massachusetts Guide to Evidence. In 2008, the SJC appointed the Executive Committee of the Advisory Committee on Massachusetts Evidence Law to continue to update the Guide. The 2014 edition of the Guide reflects developments in Massachusetts evidence law that occurred in January 1, 2013 through December 31, 2013. Every state judge in the Commonwealth is provided with a copy of the Guide. As such, the Justices of the SJC recommend use of the Guide by the bench, bar, and public. For more information, see the SJC Press Release.