Article X - Contents of Writings and Records
Massachusetts Section | Corresponding Federal Rule | Comparison |
MGE § 1001(a) | FRE 1001(a), (b), &(c) | Significant differences. |
MGE § 1001(b) | FRE 1001(d) | Differences. FRE 1001(d) defines "original" to include accurate printouts or other readable outputs of electronically stored information and negatives or prints of photographs. |
MGE § 1001(c) | FRE 1001(e) | Significant differences. |
MGE § 1002 | FRE 1002 | Differences. FRE 1002 includes photographs and recordings. |
MGE § 1003 | FRE 1003 | Significant differences. |
MGE § 1004(a) | FRE 1004(a) | Differences. FRE 1004 includes photographs and recordings. |
MGE § 1004(b) | FRE 1004(b) | Identical. |
MGE § 1004(c) | FRE 1004(c) | Identical. |
MGE § 1004(d) | FRE 1004(d) | Differences. FRE 1004(d) includes photographs and recordings. |
MGE § 1005(a) | FRE 1005 | Differences. FRE 1005 generally relates to copies of public records used to prove the contents of official records. |
MGE § 1005(b) | n/a | No corresponding FRE. |
MGE § 1005(c) | n/a | No corresponding FRE. |
MGE § 1006 | FRE 1006 | Differences. FRE 1006 includes photographs and recordings. |
MGE § 1007 | FRE 1007 | Differences. FRE 1007 includes photographs and recordings. |
MGE § 1008 | FRE 1008 | Differences. FRE 1008 includes photographs and recordings. It also delineates more precisely the issues to be determined by the court and those to be determined by the jury. |