Rule 402 — General admissibility of relevant evidence

Section IV · Relevancy and Its Limits

2024 Manual for Courts-Martial, United States

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(a) Relevant evidence is admissible unless any of the following provides otherwise:

(1) the United States Constitution as it applies to members of the Armed Forces;

(2) a federal statute applicable to trial by courts-martial;

(3) these rules; or

(4) this Manual.

(b) Irrelevant evidence is not admissible.