{"data":{"id":"us-ky/kre-613","jurisdiction":"us-ky","citation":"KRE 613","heading":"Prior statements of witnesses","body":"(a) Examining witness concerning prior statement. Before other evidence can be\noffered of the witness having made at another time a different statement, he must be\ninquired of concerning it, with the circumstances of time, place, and persons\npresent, as correc tly as the examining party can present them; and, if it be in\nwriting, it must be shown to the witness, with opportunity to explain it. The court\nmay allow such evidence to be introduced when it is impossible to comply with this\nrule because of the absence  at the trial or hearing of the witness sought to be\ncontradicted, and when the court finds that the impeaching party has acted in good\nfaith.\n(b)  This provision does not apply to admissions of a party-opponent as defined in KRE\n801A.","path":["KENTUCKY RULES OF EVIDENCE ----- Legislative Research Commission Note (7/1/92). Although denominated \"rules,\" the elements of the Kentucky Rules of Evidence were enacted as statutes by the Kentucky General Assembly. See 1990 Ky. Acts ch. 88; 1992 Ky. Acts ch. 324. Originally codified as KRS Chapter 422A in 1990, the Kentucky Rules of Evidence were renumbered by the Reviser of Statutes, effective July 1, 1992, pursuant to 1992 Ky. Acts ch. 324, sec. 34. By an order dated May 12, 1992, the Kentucky Supreme Court \"adopt[ed] so much of the Kentucky Rules of Evidence as enacted by HB 241 [1992 Ky. Acts ch. 324] as comes within the rule making power of the Court, pursuant to Ky. Const. sec. 116.\""],"source_url":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/statutes/statute.aspx?id=20398","current_through":"Includes enactments through the 2026 Regular Session","vintage":"09/05/2026","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T21:00:10Z","sha256":"377e71011cf7e32b2d46b8a620eec435f96094ebd8bcfe01eb96d95a58aab32e","source_id":"us-ky","stale":false,"prev":"us-ky/kre-612","next":"us-ky/kre-614"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}