How have rules regulating the admission of evidence proffered by criminal defendants to show that someone else committed the crime with which they are charged been widely accepted?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Glaude, F076021 (Cal. App. 2019):
And "rules regulating the admission of evidence proffered by criminal defendants to show that someone else committed the crime with which they are charged," "are widely accepted" as not violating a defendant's constitutional right to present a defense. (Holmes v. South Carolina (2006) 547 U.S. 319, 327.)
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