Rule 410. Offer to plead guilty; nolo contendere; withdrawn plea of guilty.
Evidence of a plea of guilty, later withdrawn, or a plea of nolo contendere, or of an offer to plead guilty or nolo contendere to the crime charged or any other crime, or of statements made in connection with any of the foregoing pleas or offers, is not admissible in any civil or criminal action, case, or proceeding against the person who made the plea or offer. This rule shall not apply to the introduction of voluntary and reliable statements made in court on the record in connection with any of the foregoing pleas or offers where offered for impeachment purposes or in a subsequent prosecution of the declarant for perjury or false statement.
History: Ad. Sup. Ct. Ord. 12729, Dec. 29, 1976, eff. July 1, 1977.
Structure Montana Code Annotated
Chapter 10. Montana Rules of Evidence
Part Article IV. Relevancy and Its Limits
Rule 401. Definition of relevant evidence
Rule 402. Relevant evidence generally admissible; irrelevant evidence inadmissible
Rule 403. Exclusion of relevant evidence on grounds of prejudice, confusion, or waste of time
Rule 405. Methods of proving character
Rule 406. Habit; routine practice
Rule 407. Subsequent remedial measures
Rule 408. Compromise and offers to compromise
Rule 410. Offer to plead guilty; nolo contendere; withdrawn plea of guilty