limited admissibility

limited admissibility
In law of evidence, testimony or things may be admitted into evidence for a restricted purpose, and the trial judge should so instruct the jury at the time of its admission; e.g. prior contradictory statements are admissible to impeach but not admissible for the truth of the statements. However, if the evidence has multiple purposes, one being in violation of a constitutional protection for a criminal defendant, such evidence should not be admitted. Bruton v. United States, 391 U.S. 123, 88 S.Ct. 1620, 20 L.Ed.2d 476.
Similarly, evidence may frequently be competent as against one party, but not as against another, in which event the practice is to admit the evidence, with an instruction, if requested, that the jury are to consider it only as to the party against whom it is competent. Fed.Evid.R. 105

Black's law dictionary. . 1990.

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