Military Rules of Evidence (MRE) — Manual for Courts-Martial

Section I · General Provisions 7

Section II · Judicial Notice 2

Rule 201. Judicial notice of adjudicative facts

Section III · Exclusionary Rules and Related Matters Concerning Self-Incrimination, Search and Seizure, and Eyewitness Identification 14

Rule 301. Privilege concerning compulsory self-incrimination

Rule 302. Privilege concerning mental examination of an accused

Rule 303. Degrading questions

Rule 304. Confessions and admissions

Rule 305. Warnings about rights

Rule 306. Statements by one of several accused

Rule 311. Evidence obtained from unlawful searches and seizures

Rule 312. Body views and intrusions

Rule 313. Inspections and inventories in the Armed Forces

Rule 314. Searches not requiring probable cause

Rule 315. Probable cause searches

Rule 316. Seizures

Rule 317. Interception of wire and oral communications

Rule 321. Eyewitness identification

Section IV · Relevancy and Its Limits 14

Rule 401. Test for relevant evidence

Rule 402. General admissibility of relevant evidence

Rule 403. Excluding relevant evidence for prejudice, confusion, waste of time, or other reasons

Rule 404. Character evidence, crimes or other acts

Rule 405. Methods of proving character

Rule 406. Habit; routine practice

Rule 407. Subsequent remedial measures

Rule 408. Compromise offers and negotiations

Rule 409. Offers to pay medical and similar expenses

Rule 410. Pleas, plea discussions, and related statements

Rule 411. Liability insurance

Rule 412. Sex offense cases: The victim's sexual behavior or predisposition

Section V · Privileges 14

Rule 501. Privilege in general

Rule 502. Lawyer-client privilege

Rule 503. Communications to clergy

Rule 504. Marital privilege

Rule 505. Classified information

Rule 506. Government information

Rule 507. Identity of informants

Rule 508. Political vote

Rule 509. Deliberations of courts and juries

Rule 510. Waiver of privilege by voluntary disclosure

Rule 511. Privileged matter disclosed under compulsion or without opportunity to claim privilege

Rule 512. Comment upon or inference from claim of privilege; instruction

Rule 513. Psychotherapist—patient privilege

Rule 514. Victim advocate—victim privilege

Section VI · Witnesses 15

Rule 601. Competency to testify in general

Rule 602. Need for personal knowledge

Rule 603. Oath or affirmation to testify truthfully

Rule 604. Interpreter

Rule 605. Military judge's competency as a witness

Rule 606. Member's competency as a witness

Rule 607. Who may impeach a witness

Rule 608. A witness' character for truthfulness or untruthfulness

Rule 609. Impeachment by evidence of a criminal conviction or finding of guilty by summary court-martial

Rule 610. Religious beliefs or opinions

Rule 611. Mode and order of examining witnesses and presenting evidence

Rule 612. Writing used to refresh a witness' memory

Rule 613. Witness' prior statement

Rule 614. Court-martial's calling or examining a witness

Rule 615. Excluding witnesses; Preventing an Excluded Witness's Access to Trial Testimony

Section VII · Opinions and Expert Testimony 7

Rule 701. Opinion testimony by lay witnesses

Rule 702. Testimony by expert witnesses

Rule 703. Bases of an expert's opinion testimony

Rule 704. Opinion on an ultimate issue

Rule 705. Disclosing the facts or data underlying an expert's opinion

Rule 706. Court-appointed expert witnesses

Rule 707. Polygraph examinations

Section VIII · Hearsay 7

Rule 801. Definitions that apply to this section; exclusions from hearsay

Rule 802. The rule against hearsay

Rule 803. Exceptions to the rule against hearsay - regardless of whether the declarant is available as a witness

Rule 804. Exceptions to the rule against hearsay - when the declarant is unavailable as a witness

Rule 805. Hearsay within hearsay

Rule 806. Attacking and supporting the declarant's credibility

Rule 807. Residual exception

Section IX · Authentication and Identification 3

Rule 901. Authenticating or identifying evidence

Rule 902. Evidence that is self-authenticating

Rule 903. Subscribing witness' testimony

Section X · Contents of Writings, Recordings, and Photographs 8

Rule 1001. Definitions that apply to this section

Rule 1002. Requirement of the original

Rule 1003. Admissibility of duplicates

Rule 1004. Admissibility of other evidence of content

Rule 1005. Copies of public records to prove content

Rule 1006. Summaries to prove content

Rule 1007. Testimony or statement of a party to prove content

Rule 1008. Functions of the military judge and the members

Section XI · Miscellaneous Rules 3

Rule 1101. Applicability of these rules

Rule 1102. Amendments

Rule 1103. Title