California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Ellison, A148576 (Cal. App. 2019):
defense may impair his or her right to due process of law, the exclusion of defense evidence on a minor or subsidiary point does not interfere with that constitutional right.' [Citation.] 'A trial court's limitation on cross-examination pertaining to the credibility of a witness does not violate the confrontation clause unless a reasonable jury might have received a significantly different impression of the witness's credibility had the excluded cross-examination been permitted.' " (People v. Bautista (2008) 163 Cal.App.4th 762, 783.) For the reasons discussed above, precluding defendant from cross-examining Doe about the condom and pregnancy evidence was a reasonable limitation.
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