Rule 414
E354856
Rule 414 is a provision in the U.S. Federal Rules of Evidence that governs the admissibility of evidence of a defendant’s prior child molestation offenses in criminal cases involving similar charges.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Rule 414 canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3392726 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Rule 414 Context triple: [Article IV – Relevance and Its Limits, contains, Rule 414]
-
A.
Rule 44
Rule 44 is a provision of the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure that governs the right to and appointment of counsel for defendants in federal criminal cases, including issues of joint representation and potential conflicts of interest.
-
B.
Rule 41
Rule 41 is a provision of the U.S. Federal Rules of Civil Procedure that governs the voluntary and involuntary dismissal of civil actions in federal court.
-
C.
Rule 41
Rule 41 is a provision of the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure that governs the issuance and execution of search and seizure warrants in federal criminal investigations.
-
D.
Rule 1.140
Rule 1.140 is a provision of the Florida Rules of Civil Procedure that governs defenses, objections, and motions in response to civil pleadings, including how and when they must be raised.
-
E.
Rule 21
Rule 21 is a provision of the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure that governs the transfer of criminal proceedings from one district court to another to ensure fairness or convenience.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Rule 414 Target entity description: Rule 414 is a provision in the U.S. Federal Rules of Evidence that governs the admissibility of evidence of a defendant’s prior child molestation offenses in criminal cases involving similar charges.
-
A.
Rule 44
Rule 44 is a provision of the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure that governs the right to and appointment of counsel for defendants in federal criminal cases, including issues of joint representation and potential conflicts of interest.
-
B.
Rule 41
Rule 41 is a provision of the U.S. Federal Rules of Civil Procedure that governs the voluntary and involuntary dismissal of civil actions in federal court.
-
C.
Rule 41
Rule 41 is a provision of the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure that governs the issuance and execution of search and seizure warrants in federal criminal investigations.
-
D.
Rule 1.140
Rule 1.140 is a provision of the Florida Rules of Civil Procedure that governs defenses, objections, and motions in response to civil pleadings, including how and when they must be raised.
-
E.
Rule 21
Rule 21 is a provision of the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure that governs the transfer of criminal proceedings from one district court to another to ensure fairness or convenience.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
provision of the Federal Rules of Evidence
ⓘ
rule of evidence ⓘ |
| allows | introduction of evidence of a defendant’s prior child molestation offenses ⓘ |
| appliesTo |
child molestation cases
ⓘ
criminal cases ⓘ evidence offered by the defendant ⓘ evidence offered by the prosecution ⓘ |
| appliesWhen | defendant is charged with a federal child molestation offense ⓘ |
| category |
United States evidence law
ⓘ
linked to:
rules of evidence for the federal courts
criminal procedure rules ⓘ
linked to:
Criminal Procedure Rules
|
| codifiedIn |
Title 28 of the United States Code Appendix (Federal Rules of Evidence)
ⓘ
linked to:
rules of evidence for the federal courts
|
| concerns | evidence of similar crimes in child molestation cases ⓘ |
| controversial | true ⓘ |
| createsExceptionTo | general prohibition on propensity evidence ⓘ |
| criticizedFor | increasing risk of unfair prejudice to defendants ⓘ |
| distinguishedFrom | Rule 404(b) ⓘ |
| effectiveFrom | 1995 ⓘ |
| enactedAsPartOf | Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994 ⓘ |
| enactedBy | United States Congress ⓘ |
| focusesOn | sexual misconduct involving minors ⓘ |
| governs | admissibility of evidence of prior child molestation offenses ⓘ |
| interpretedBy |
United States Courts of Appeals
ⓘ
linked to:
United States courts of appeals
United States District Courts ⓘ
linked to:
United States district courts
|
| jurisdiction |
United States federal courts
ⓘ
linked to:
U.S. federal courts
|
| legalSystem | common law–influenced U.S. federal legal system ⓘ |
| limitedBy |
Rule 403 exclusion for unfair prejudice
ⓘ
constitutional due process requirements ⓘ |
| modeledWith | similar structure to Rule 413 ⓘ |
| noticeRequirement | prosecutor must disclose evidence of prior child molestation offenses in advance of trial ⓘ |
| partOf |
Federal Rules of Evidence
ⓘ
linked to:
rules of evidence for the federal courts
|
| permits | use of prior acts regardless of whether they resulted in a conviction ⓘ |
| policyRationale | belief that prior child molestation is highly probative of current charges ⓘ |
| purpose | to allow juries to consider a defendant’s history of child molestation in assessing current charges ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Rule 413
ⓘ
Rule 415 ⓘ |
| requires |
reasonable notice to the defendant of intent to use such evidence
ⓘ
that the defendant be accused of child molestation in the current case ⓘ that the proffered evidence involve another offense of child molestation ⓘ |
| scope | federal criminal prosecutions involving child molestation ⓘ |
| subject |
character evidence
ⓘ
propensity evidence ⓘ |
| subjectTo | Rule 403 balancing test ⓘ |
| supportedFor | enhancing prosecution of repeat child molesters ⓘ |
| textBegins | "In a criminal case in which a defendant is accused of child molestation, the court may admit evidence that the defendant committed any other child molestation." ⓘ |
| typeOfEvidence | substantive evidence of prior bad acts ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Rule 414 Description of subject: Rule 414 is a provision in the U.S. Federal Rules of Evidence that governs the admissibility of evidence of a defendant’s prior child molestation offenses in criminal cases involving similar charges.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.