Although Federal Rule of Evidence 410 limits the use of plea offers, plea negotiations, withdrawn pleas, and pleas of nolo contendere, evidence of such matters is admissible in a prosecution for perjury based on statements or representations made in proceedings relating to such pleas.

Contributed in 2009 & last edited in 2009 by Peter Tillers
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