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4.1 (f) Guide to New York Evidence

Provisions of the Guide to New York Evidence prepared by the Chief Judge's Judicial Advisory Committee on Evidence are cited as follows. Do not abbreviate words in the titles of rules. Otherwise, for citations within parentheses, abbreviate in accordance with Appendix 3 of the Official Reports Style Manual (https://www.nycourts.gov/reporter/Styman_Menu.shtml). For subsequent citations, the URL need not be repeated.

Citations within parentheses:

(Guide to NY Evid rule 8.03, Admission by Party, https://nycourts.gov/judges/evidence/8-HEARSAY/8.03_ADMISSION_BY_PARTY.pdf [last accessed June 16, 2022])

(Guide to NY Evid rule 8.03, Admission by Party, Note at 3, https://nycourts.gov/judges/evidence/8-HEARSAY/8.03_ADMISSION_BY_PARTY.pdf [last accessed June 16, 2022])

Citations in running text:

Guide to New York Evidence rule 8.03 (Admission by Party, https://nycourts.gov/judges/evidence/8-HEARSAY/8.03_ADMISSION_BY_PARTY.pdf [last accessed June 16, 2022]) . . .

or

As explained in rule 8.03 of the Guide to New York Evidence (Admission by Party, https://nycourts.gov/judges/evidence/8-HEARSAY/8.03_ADMISSION_BY_PARTY.pdf [last accessed June 16, 2022]), . . .

or

The Guide to New York Evidence (rule 8.03, Admission by Party, Note at 3, https://nycourts.gov/judges/evidence/8-HEARSAY/8.03_ADMISSION_BY_PARTY.pdf [last accessed June 16, 2022]) explains . . .

Citation of revised provisions:

Where a footnote in the text of the rules indicates that a revision was made, reference to the revision may be made by using the appropriate citation format above and adding a parenthetical specifying the revision date.

(Guide to NY Evid rule 8.17, Excited Utterance [rev May 2018], https://nycourts.gov/judges/evidence/8-HEARSAY/8.17_EXCITED_UTTERANCE.pdf [last accessed June 16, 2022])

Subsequent citations:

The first time the Guide to New York Evidence is cited the full name is required. If the Guide will be cited more than once in a document, an abbreviation or short form may be set out and used with subsequent citations.

First cite with short form:

(Guide to NY Evid [GNYE] rule 8.03, Admission by Party, https://nycourts.gov/judges/evidence/8-HEARSAY/8.03_ADMISSION_BY_PARTY.pdf [last accessed June 16, 2022])

Guide to New York Evidence (GNYE) rule 8.03 (Admission by Party, https://nycourts.gov/judges/evidence/8-HEARSAY/8.03_ADMISSION_BY_PARTY.pdf [last accessed June 16, 2022]) . . .

Subsequent citations:

GNYE rule 8.03

GNYE rule 7.01