How will we review a court's decision to admit or exclude evidence for abuse of power?

California, United States of America


The following excerpt is from People v. Montgomery, B301224 (Cal. App. 2021):

We review a court's decision to admit or exclude evidence for abuse of discretion, and we will not disturb the court's decision "except on a showing the ... court exercised its discretion in an arbitrary, capricious, or patently absurd manner that resulted in a manifest miscarriage of justice [citation]." (People v. Rodriguez (1999) 20 Cal.4th 1, 9-10.)

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