California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Ayon, D064994 (Cal. App. 2015):
"The abuse of discretion standard of review applies to any ruling by a trial court on the admissibility of evidence. . . . Under this standard, a trial court's ruling will not be disturbed, and reversal of the judgment is not required, unless the trial court exercised its discretion in an arbitrary, capricious, or patently absurd manner that resulted in a manifest miscarriage of justice." (People v. Guerra (2006) 37 Cal.4th 1067, 1113.) Put differently, "[D]iscretion is abused whenever the court exceeds the bounds of reason, all of the circumstances being considered." (People v. Giminez (1975) 14 Cal.3d 68, 72.)
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