What is the test for a federal court to review a state's evidentiary rules?

MultiRegion, United States of America

The following excerpt is from Estrada v. Cate, Civil No. 10-cv-2014-DMS(KSC) (S.D. Cal. 2014):

"The Due Process Clause does not permit the federal courts to engage in a finely tuned review of the wisdom of state evidentiary rules." Marshall v. Lonberger, 459 U.S. 422, 438, n. 6 (1983).

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