What is the effect of section 780 of the California Code of Civil Procedure, section 780, allowing a judge to exercise discretion to exclude collateral evidence?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Choi, H036360, H038348 (Cal. App. 2014):
discretion to exclude collateral evidence. The effect of Section 780, therefore, is to change the present somewhat inflexible rule of exclusion to a rule of discretion to be exercised by the trial judge.' (Cal. Law Revision Com. com., 29B West's Ann. Evid. Code (1995 ed.) foll. 780, p. 587.)" (People v. Thornton (2007) 41 Cal.4th 391, 428.)
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