California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from Robbins v. Shelub, A133023 (Cal. App. 2012):
Under the abuse of discretion standard, an in limine ruling regarding whether to keep particular items of evidence from the jury is subject to reversal "only where the trial court exceeded the bounds of reason. [Citation] In other words, the appellate court will not disturb the trial court's decision unless the trial court exceeded the limits of legal discretion by making an arbitrary, capricious or patently absurd determination. [Citation] Moreover, when two or more inferences can reasonably be deduced from the facts, the appellate court cannot substitute its decision for that of the trial court." (Ceja v. Department of Transportation (2011) 201 Cal.App.4th 1475, 1481.)
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