Miss. R. Evid. 501
Unless the federal or state constitution or these or other applicable rules provide otherwise, no person has a privilege to:
· refuse to be a witness;
· refuse to disclose any matter;
· refuse to produce an object or writing; or
· prevent another from being a witness, disclosing any matter, or producing an object or writing.
Miss. R. Evid. 501
Advisory Committee Historical Note
Effective March 20, 1995, the Advisory Committee Note to Rule 501 was amended to delete the second paragraph. 648-651 So.2d XXVI (West Miss. Cas. 1995).
Advisory Committee Note
The language of Rule 501 has been amended as part of the general restyling of the Evidence Rules to make them more easily understood and to make style and terminology consistent throughout the rules. The Rule has been restructured, converting numbered paragraphs to a list of bullet points. These changes are intended to be stylistic only. There is no intent to change any result in any ruling on evidence admissibility.
Rules 501 through 505 are largely modeled on the draft version of the Federal Rules of Evidence which was originally approved by the United States Supreme Court. Before enacting the Federal Rules of Evidence, Congress deleted the rules concerning privilege on the ground that the rules invaded an area of state law. The federal courts, however, often refer to these deleted rules, which are now labeled Federal Standards. Although they have no binding effect on the federal courts, they do serve as guidelines.
["Advisory Committee Note" substituted for "Comment," effective June 16, 2016; amended July 1, 2016, to note restyling.]
.