What is the impact of the exclusion of detailed evidence in a criminal case?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Hughes, 116 Cal.Rptr.2d 401, 27 Cal.4th 287, 39 P.3d 432 (Cal. 2002):
Defendant now asserts the trial court erred in ruling as it did. He argues that "the excluded [detailed evidence] would have helped explain, though obviously not excuse, [defendant's] acts" and that the trial court committed federal constitutional error under Skipper v. South Carolina (1986) 476 U.S. 1, 106 S.Ct. 1669, 90 L.Ed.2d 1 and related cases in excluding such mitigating evidence over objection.
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