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Neb. Rev. Stat. § 27-601 (2026)

Rule 601. General rule of competency

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Every person is competent to be a witness except as otherwise provided in these rules.

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Cited in 21 cases (2 in the last 5 years), 1941–2025 · leading case: State v. Iromuanya, 719 N.W.2d 263 (Neb. 2006).
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State v. Iromuanya, 719 N.W.2d 263 (Neb. 2006). · cites it 4× “601, Neb. Rev. Stat. § 27-601 (Reissue 1995). The issue on appeal, therefore, is whether the district court erred in overruling defense objections and permitting Ellen to testify on specific substantive issues as to which error has been assigned.”
State v. Oliveira-Coutinho, 933 N.W.2d 825 (Neb. 2019). · cites it 5× “Nevertheless, we determine that for other reasons, the district court did not err when it refused an evidentiary hearing on these claims.”
Hiway 20 Terminal, Inc. v. Tri-Cnty. Agri-Supply, Inc., 443 N.W.2d 872 (Neb. 1989). · cites it 4× “Neb.Rev.Stat. § 27-601 (Reissue 1985) provides that "[e]very person is competent to be a witness except as otherwise provided in these rules.”
State v. Daniels, 388 N.W.2d 446 (Neb. 1986). · cites it 4× “601 (Neb.Rev.Stat. § 27-601 (Reissue 1985)), "Every person is competent to be a witness except as otherwise provided in these rules.”
State v. Oliveria-Coutinho, 865 N.W.2d 740 (Neb. 2015). · cites it 2× “601, Neb. Rev. Stat. § 27-601 (Reissue 2008). 2 Neb.”
State v. Schon, 418 N.W.2d 242 (Neb. 1988). · cites it 4× “601 (Neb.Rev.Stat. § 27-601 (Reissue 1985)) provides: "Every person is competent to be a witness except as otherwise provided in these rules.”
State v. Guy, 419 N.W.2d 152 (Neb. 1988). · cites it 2× “The brother testified that he had seen his sister on top of her father, “loving, ” with their clothes off, in his parents’ bedroom and that his father had his hands on his sister’s “private part.”
State v. Fletcher, 378 N.W.2d 859 (Neb. 1985). · cites it 2× “See Rule 601 (general rule of competency) of the Nebraska Evidence Rules, Neb. Rev. Stat. § 27-601 (Reissue 1979). Consequently, no question about Fletcher’s constitutional guarantee against an unreasonable search was raised during trial regarding the tape-recorded conversation.”
Roebuck v. Fraedrich, 267 N.W.2d 759 (Neb. 1978). · cites it 4× “, section 27-601, R. R. S. 1943, of the Nebraska Rules of Evidence which provides: “Every person is competent to be a witness except as otherwise provided in these rules.”
State v. Martin, 255 N.W.2d 844 (Neb. 1977). · cites it 2× “Section 27-601, R. R. S. 1943, provides that every “person is competent to be a witness except as otherwise provided in these rules.”
State v. Miner, 343 N.W.2d 899 (Neb. 1984). “§27-601 (Reissue 1979). The question of the competency of a child witness is measured by such child’s capabilities, intelligence, and understanding of the difference between truth and falsehood, and the determination of such competency rests largely in the discretion of the…”
Tuch v. Tuch, 316 N.W.2d 304 (Neb. 1982). · cites it 2× “Neb. Rev. Stat. §§ 27-601 and 27-602 (Reissue 1979).”
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