Personal and vicarious admissions are exempt from Federal Rule of Evidence 802's prohibition against the admission of hearsay evidence.

Loughan v. Firestone Tire & Rubber Co., 749 F.2d 1519, 1523-1524 (11th Cir. 1985) (action by an injured repairman for negligence and strict liability when a wheel assembly being repaired separated with explosive force; judgment in favor of the manufacturer; plaintiff argued that the district court...Evidence of habit may take the form of specific instances of conduct, opinion, or any other type of evidence otherwise permitted by the Federal Rules of Evidence.

Fed. R. Evid. 807 ("A statement not specifically covered by Rule 803 or 804 but having equivalent circumstantial guarantees of trustworthiness, is not excluded by the hearsay rule, if the court determines that (A) the statement is offered as evidence of a material fact; (B) the statement is more probative on the point for which it is...A statement not specifically covered by Federal Rule of Evidence 803 or 804 or by comparable State rules, but having equivalent circumstantial guarantees of trustworthiness, is not excluded by the hearsay rule, if the court determines that (A) the statement is offered as evidence of a material fact; (B) the statement is more probative on the point for which it is offered than any other evidence which the proponent can procure through reasonable efforts; and (C) the general purposes of these rules and the interests of justice will best be served by admission of the statement into evidence.

United States v. Solomon, 399 F.3d 1231, pin? (10th Cir. 2005) (on appeal court rejected criminal defendant's argument that the district court's exclusion of photographs denied him the right to present a defense; convictions affirmed; "Whether the exclusion of the photographs...The exclusion of exculpatory evidence in a criminal trial does not violate the constitutional right to present a defense and is not constitutionally arbitrary or disproportionate if the excluded evidence either is immaterial or has very little or no probative value.