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                            RULE 1004
           ADMISSIBILITY OF OTHER EVIDENCE OF CONTENTS


    The original is not required, and other evidence of the
contents of a writing, recording, or photograph is admissible if:

    (a) Original Lost or Destroyed. All originals are lost or
have been destroyed, unless the proponent lost or destroyed them
in bad faith; or

    (b) Original Not Obtainable. No original can be obtained by
any available judicial process or procedure; or

    (c) Original in Possession of Opponent. At a time when an
original was under the control of the party against whom offered,
that party was put on notice, by the pleadings or otherwise, that
the contents would be a subject of proof at the hearing, and that
party does not produce the original at the hearing; or

    (d) Collateral Matters. The writing, recording, or photograph
is not closely related to a controlling issue.


             Comment 1004

[Deleted effective September 1, 2006.]
	

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