REMAINDER OF A WRITING OR RECORDED STATEMENT (Rule

Rules of the Supreme Court of Virginia

Rule: 2:106

Jurisdiction: VA

Bluebook Citation: Va. Sup. Ct. R. 2:106

2:106(b) derived from Code § 8.01-417.1) (a) Related Portions of a Writing in Civil and Criminal Cases. When part of a writing or recorded statement is introduced by a party, upon motion by another party the court may require the offering party to introduce any other part of the writing or recorded statement which ought in fairness to be considered contemporaneously with it, unless such additional portions are inadmissible under the Rules of Evidence. (b) Lengthy Documents in Civil cases. To expedite trials in civil cases, upon timely motion, the court may permit the reading to the jury, or the introduction into evidence, of relevant portions of lengthy and complex documents without the necessity of having the jury hear or receive the entire document. The court, in its discretion, may permit the entire document to be received by the jury, or may order the parties to edit from any such document admitted into evidence information that is irrelevant to the proceedings. Adopted and promulgated by Order dated June 1, 2012; effective July 1, 2012. PART TWO VIRGINIA RULES OF EVIDENCE ARTICLE I. GENERAL PROVISIONS

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