United States v. Scheffer

We have held that “[t]he defendant has the right to present legally and logically relevant evidence at trial.” United States v. Woolheater, 40 MJ 170, 173 (CMA 1994). But as all the Judges of this Court agreed in Wool-heater, this is “not [an] absolute” right, id.; see also Montana v. Egelhoff, — U.S. —, —, —, 116 S.Ct. 2013, 2017, 2026, 135 L.Ed.2d 361 (1996); and may yield to valid “policy considerations,” 40 MJ at 173; id.; United States v. Bins, 43 MJ 79, 84 (1995) (citing Woolheater, 40 MJ at 173); United States v. Schaible, 11 USCMA 107, 111, 28 CMR 331, 335 (1960).

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