Does admitting evidence that is erroneous under state law violate due process?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from The People v. Alonzo, No. B212982, No. GA071819-01 (Cal. App. 2010):
Admission of evidence that is erroneous under state law violates due process only if it makes the trial fundamentally unfair. (People v. Partida (2005) 37
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