Does a "routine application of state evidentiary law" not implicate a defendant's constitutional rights?

California, United States of America


The following excerpt is from People v. Thompson, 1 Cal.5th 1043, 210 Cal.Rptr.3d 667, 384 P.3d 693 (Cal. 2016):

constitutional claims. " 'The "routine application of state evidentiary law does not implicate [a] defendant's constitutional rights." [Citation.] As defendant provides no elaboration or separate argument for these constitutional claims, we decline to address further these boilerplate contentions.' " (People v. Mills, supra, 48 Cal.4th at p. 194, 106 Cal.Rptr.3d 153, 226 P.3d 276.)

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