In what circumstances will the trial court allow evidence in a sexual assault case to be considered admissible?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Gutierrez, 23 Cal.App.4th 1576, 28 Cal.Rptr.2d 897 (Cal. App. 1994):
In ruling on the defense objections of relevance and undue prejudice, the trial court ruled the evidence was admissible on the witnesses' state of mind to explain why the witnesses testified the way they did and in the manner they did. Under the foregoing authorities, we conclude the court's ruling did not constitute an abuse of discretion. 8 (People v. Avalos, supra, 37 Cal.3d at p. 232, 207 Cal.Rptr. 549, 689 P.2d 121.)
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