Is a court's exclusionary ruling on issues of evidence for abuse of discretion?

California, United States of America


The following excerpt is from Slattery v. Phillips, D064407 (Cal. App. 2015):

We review a court's exclusionary rulings on issues of evidence for abuse of discretion. "The trial court enjoys 'broad authority' over the admission and exclusion of evidence. [Citation.] ... The trial court's authority is particularly broad 'with respect to rulings that turn on the relevance of the proffered evidence.' [Citation.] Furthermore, '[i]t is for the trial court, in its discretion, to determine whether the probative value of relevant evidence is outweighed by a substantial danger of undue prejudice. The appellate court may not interfere with the trial court's determination ... unless the trial court's determination was beyond the bounds of reason and resulted in a manifest miscarriage of justice.' " (McCoy v. Pacific Maritime Assn. (2013) 216 Cal.App.4th 283, 295-296.)

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