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Judicial Notice: Four Must-Know Rules

Evidence at Trial

It may be easier, for example, to have the court take judicial notice of the weather conditions on a certain day versus tracking down a witness to attest to it. Must-Know Rule #2: A Substitute for Evidence Cannot Bypass Relevance Like any rule of evidence, the details mustn't swallow the whole. Hoich , 560 F.3d 3d 780 (8th Cir.