There is a hearsay exception for market quotations, directories, or similar published compilations that are generally used and relied upon either by the public or by members of particular occupations.

Cf. Carrion v. Smith, 549 F.3d 583, 590 (2d Cir. 2008) (habeas corpus petition based on claim of ineffective assistance of counsel; trial judge rejected some of magistrate's findings of fact; "We are concerned about another aspect of the district court's finding of facts. Judge Scheindlin suggests...If behavior is largely volitional rather than semi-volitional or semi-automatic, it is hot habit.

Cf. United States v. Robinson, 161 F.3d 463, 467-468 (7th Cir. 1998) (upholding trial court's admission into evidence of the April 18 armed bank robbery where such evidence demonstrated the similarities between the manner in which the armed bank robberies were carried out, thus proving identity by...Other wrongs or crimes that show an unusual pattern of conduct by a person are not barred by the prohibition against the use of character or disposition to show conduct on a particular occasion.

Breeding v. Massey, 378 F.2d 171, 181 (8th Cir. 1967) (holding, in an action for recovery of damages against tractor owner and tractor operator for injuries sustained by victim as a result of a collision, that evidence of operator's arrests, convictions, and pleas of guilty for driving while intoxicated...The negligent or incompetent character of an agent or employee is an essential element of a negligent entrustment claim. If the negligent character or incompetence of the agent or employee is at issue, evidence about the negligence or incompetence of the agent or employee is not barred by the rule prohibiting the use of a person's character to show the person's conduct.