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What are the 3 considerations when determining if evidence is relevant?
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1. Logical relevance
2. Legal relevance 3. Doctrine of limited admissibility |
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What is logical relevance and what rule covers it?
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FRE 401 states that evidence is relevant if it has any tendency to make the existence of any fact that is of consequence to the determination of the action more probable or less probable than it would be without the evidence.
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What is legal relevance and what rule covers it?
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FRE 403 states that otherwise relevant evidence may still be excluded if its probative value is substantially outweighed by the danger of unfair prejudice, confusion of the issues, or misleading the jury, or by considerations of undue delay, waste of time, or needless presentation of cumulative evidence.
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What is Nevada's rule concerning legal relevance?
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Court MUST exclude evidence if the probative value is is substantially outweighed by unfair prejudice or confusion
May exclude for waste of time |
