California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Johnson, B245924 (Cal. App. 2014):
A trial court "need not expressly weigh prejudice against probative value or even expressly state that it has done so, if the record as a whole shows the court was aware of and performed its balancing function under Evidence Code section 352." (People v. Edwards (2013) 57 Cal.4th 658, 724.) The record reflects the trial court expressly referred to the weighing process in exercising its discretion to limit the cross-examination.
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