(1) Evidence of the habit of a person or of the routine practice of an organization, whether corroborated or not and regardless of the presence of eyewitnesses, is relevant to prove that the conduct of the person or organization on a particular occasion was in conformity with the habit or routine practice. (2) Habit or routine practice may be proved by testimony in the form of an opinion or by specific instances of conduct sufficient in number to warrant a finding that the habit existed or that the practice was routine.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 27-406
Rule 406. Habit; routine practice; admissibility; method of proof
Applied in 6 court decisions — leading case State v. Edwards (2009)
Most recently applied in 30 Neb. Ct. App. 273 - State v. Kilgore (October 2021)
Laws 1975, LB 279, § 16.
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