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

Rule 303. Degrading questions

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Statements and evidence are inadmissible if they are not material to the issue and may tend to degrade the person testifying.
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Rules for Courts-Martial
Discussion under R.C.M. 303 — Preliminary inquiry into reported offenses
…investigation. The Military Rules of Evidence should be consulted when conducting interrogations ( see Mil. R. Evid. 301-306), searches ( see Mil. R. Evid. 311-317), and eyewitness identifications (see Mil. R. Evid. 321). If the…
R.C.M. 405(j)(1)(A)(i) — Preliminary hearing
Mil. R. Evid. 301-303 and 305.
R.C.M. 1108(c)(4)(B) — Vacation of suspension of sentence
Rules of evidence. Only Mil. R. Evid. 301, 302, 303, 305, 412, and Section V (Privileges) apply to proceedings under this rule, except Mil. R. Evid. 412(b)(1)(C) does not…
Military Rules of Evidence
Mil. R. Evid. 104(c)(1) — Preliminary questions
the hearing involves the admissibility of a statement of the accused under Mil. R. Evid. 301-306;