Summary of changes

Rule 1004 — Admissibility of other evidence of content

The text as it stood in the last Manual for Courts-Martial edition beside the current text, provision by provision, with every recorded amendment and the authority behind it — the whole Rule in one view.

0 amended 0 added 0 removed 5 unchanged
No changes recorded for this Rule — its text is the same as the last Manual for Courts-Martial edition.
Showing every provision.
Changed only
Provisions
1004 unchanged
Original text
An original is not required and other evidence of the content of a writing, recording, or photograph is admissible if:
Current text
An original is not required and other evidence of the content of a writing, recording, or photograph is admissible if:
1004(a) unchanged
Original text
Originals lost or destroyed.
All the originals are lost or destroyed, and not by the proponent acting in bad faith;
Current text
Originals lost or destroyed.
All the originals are lost or destroyed, and not by the proponent acting in bad faith;
1004(b) unchanged
Original text
Original not obtainable.
An original cannot be obtained by any available judicial process;
Current text
Original not obtainable.
An original cannot be obtained by any available judicial process;
1004(c) unchanged
Original text
Original in possession of opponent.
The party against whom the original would be offered had control of the original; was at that time put on notice, by pleadings or otherwise, that the original would be a subject of proof at the trial or hearing; and fails to produce it at the trial or hearing; or
Current text
Original in possession of opponent.
The party against whom the original would be offered had control of the original; was at that time put on notice, by pleadings or otherwise, that the original would be a subject of proof at the trial or hearing; and fails to produce it at the trial or hearing; or
1004(d) unchanged
Original text
Collateral matters.
The writing, recording, or photograph is not closely related to a controlling issue.
Current text
Collateral matters.
The writing, recording, or photograph is not closely related to a controlling issue.

“Original text” is the state captured the first time a provision was edited under change tracking — i.e. the text as published in the last Manual for Courts-Martial edition. Provisions edited without being “marked as changed” (typos, formatting) are not recorded here; see the recent revisions feed and the site-wide changes log.