Can a judge reverse a judgment or verdict based on erroneous admission of evidence?

California, United States of America


The following excerpt is from People v. Hollis, B281885 (Cal. App. 2018):

The rules of evidence are not self-executing. We may not reverse a judgment or verdict based on "the erroneous admission of evidence unless: (a) There appears of record an objection to or a motion to exclude or to strike the evidence that was timely made and so stated as to make clear the specific ground of the objection or motion." (Evid. Code, 353, subd. (a).) This rule exists to give the trial court a concrete legal proposition to pass on, to allow the proponent of the evidence an opportunity to cure the defect, and to prevent abuse. (People v. Partida (2005) 37 Cal.4th 428, 434.) Defendant contends he preserved his evidentiary claims because counsel's "objection ... fairly apprised the trial court of the issue presented." We disagree.

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