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Title 5 - Maryland Rules of Evidence
Chapter 400 - Relevancy and Its Limits
Rule 5-402 - Relevant Evidence Generally Admissible; Irrelevant Evidence Inadmissible

Md. R. Evid. 5-402

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Rule 5-402 - Relevant Evidence Generally Admissible; Irrelevant Evidence Inadmissible

Except as otherwise provided by constitutions, statutes, or these rules, or by decisional law not inconsistent with these rules, all relevant evidence is admissible. Evidence that is not relevant is not admissible.

Md. R. Evid. 5-402

This Rule is derived from F.R.Ev. 402.

Adopted Dec. 15, 1993, eff. 7/1/1994.