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675 So. 2d 584

675 So.2d 584

21 Fla.L.WeeklySupp. 241

Docket No. 87368.

In Re Florida Evidence Code

Supreme Court of Florida

Decided June 6, 1996.

Supreme Court of Florida · decided 1996-06-06

Relies on In Re Florida Evidence Code · Rhodes v. State · 376 So. 2d 1161 - In Re Florida Evidence Code

Decided 1996-06-06

¶1John F. Harkness, Jr., Executive Director, The Florida Bar, Tallahassee, for Petitioner.

¶2PER CURIAM.

¶3This Court has jurisdiction to adopt rules of practice and procedure under article V, section 2(a) of the Florida Constitution.

¶4The Florida Evidence Code[1] enacted by the Legislature is both substantive and procedural. We previously adopted provisions of the Evidence Code as court rules insofar as they deal with procedural matters. In re Florida Evidence Code,372 So.2d 1369 (Fla. 1979), clarified by In re Florida Evidence Code,376 So.2d 1161 (Fla.1979). We also have adopted amendments to the Evidence Code as court rules to the extent that they are procedural. E.g., In re Florida Evidence Code,638 So.2d 920 (Fla.1993); In re Amendment of Florida Evidence Code,497 So.2d 239 (Fla.1986); In re Amendment of Florida Evidence Code,404 So.2d 743 (Fla. 1981).

¶5The Florida Bar has petitioned this Court to amend the Rules of Evidence to conform to statutory changes in the Evidence Code. The changes at issue are: Ch. 80-155, §§ 1-5, 7-9, Laws of Fla.; Ch. 94-124, § 12, Laws of Fla.; Ch. 95-147, §§ 471-504, 1378, Laws of Fla.; Ch. 95-158, § 1, Laws of Fla.; Ch. 95-179, § 1, Laws of Fla.; Ch. 95-187, § 7, Laws of Fla.; and Ch. 95-286, § 5, Laws of Fla.

¶6We adopt the amendments to the Evidence Code to the extent that they concern court procedure. These amended rules are effective on the dates the bills became law.

¶7It is so ordered.

¶8KOGAN, C.J., and OVERTON, SHAW, GRIMES, HARDING, WELLS and ANSTEAD, JJ., concur.

NOTES

¶9[1] §§ 90.101-.958, Fla.Stat. (1995).

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