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Neb. Rev. Stat. § 27-401 (2026)

Rule 401. Relevant evidence, defined

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Relevant evidence means evidence having 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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Cited in 275 cases (29 in the last 5 years), 1948–2026 · leading case: State v. Rocha, 890 N.W.2d 178 (Neb. 2017).
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State v. Rocha, 890 N.W.2d 178 (Neb. 2017). · cites it 4× “401, Neb. Rev. Stat. § 27-401 (Reissue 2016). 11 State v.”
State v. Hernandez, 299 Neb. 896 (Neb. 2018). · cites it 4× “5 See Neb. Rev. Stat. §§ 27-401 to 27-403 (Reissue 2016).”
State v. Munoz, 303 Neb. 69 (Neb. 2019). · cites it 2× “401, Neb. Rev. Stat. § 27-401 (Reissue 2016). State v.”
State v. Grant, 876 N.W.2d 639 (Neb. 2016). · cites it 2× “401, Neb. Rev. Stat. § 27-401 (Reissue 2008). 35 Ford, supra note 27 .”
Snyder Ex Rel. Snyder v. Contemporary Obstetrics & Gynecology, P.C., 605 N.W.2d 782 (Neb. 2000). · cites it 8× “Because the exercise of judicial discretion is implicit in determinations of relevancy and admissibility under Neb.Rev.Stat. § 27-401 (Reissue 1995), the trial court's decision will not be reversed absent an abuse of discretion.”
State v. Carter, 524 N.W.2d 763 (Neb. 1994). · cites it 8× “Although the word "discretion," in one form or another, does not appear in either Neb.Rev.Stat. § 27-401 (Reissue 1989) or § 27-403, nevertheless, judicial discretion, as a factor in admissibility, is implicit in § 27-401, concerning the admission of relevant evidence, and §…”
State v. Figures, 308 Neb. 801 (Neb. 2021). · cites it 3× “57 See Neb. Rev. Stat. §§ 27-401 , 27-402, and 27-608 (Reissue 2016).”
State v. Brown, 302 Neb. 53 (Neb. 2019). · cites it 2× “W.2d at 144. We will not reverse a trial court's determination regarding the relevancy of evidence unless it constitutes an abuse of discretion.”
State v. Iromuanya, 719 N.W.2d 263 (Neb. 2006). · cites it 4× “401, Neb. Rev. Stat. § 27-401 (Reissue 1995), and prejudice under Neb.”
Lindsay Int'l Sales & Serv., LLC v. Wegener, 301 Neb. 1 (Neb. 2018). · cites it 2× “401, Neb. Rev. Stat. § 27-401 (Reissue 2016). The bar for establishing evidentiary relevance is not a high one.”
State v. Vazquez, 319 Neb. 192 (Neb. 2025). · cites it 6× “401, Neb. Rev. Stat. § 27-401 (Reissue 2016), relevant evidence means evi- dence having 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.”
State v. Carpenter, 880 N.W.2d 630 (Neb. 2016). · cites it 2× “Summarizing the case law, commentators generally agree that although the rules of evidence do not explicitly recognize the admissibility of contradiction evidence, admissibility can be inferred from the relevance rules, Neb. Rev. Stat. §§ 27-401 and 27-402 (Reissue 2008),…”
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