Rule 401 — Test for relevant evidence | Manual for Courts-Martial

Section IV · Relevancy and Its Limits

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Evidence is relevant if:

(a) it has any tendency to make a fact more or less probable than it would be without the evidence; and

(b) the fact is of consequence in determining the action.

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