Is there any case law where a defendant has been successful in changing an evidentiary question into a constitutional one?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from The People v. Roppolo, E049767, No. BLF004914 (Cal. App. 2011):
Courts have rejected defendants' attempts to inflate "garden-variety evidentiary questions into constitutional ones." (People v. Boyette (2002) 29 Cal.4th 381, 427.) Even though Callaghan's credibility was at issue, the trial court's evidentiary ruling did not deprive defendant of his due process right to present a complete defense or of his right to confront his accuser.
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