California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Perkins, B289376 (Cal. App. 2020):
We review a trial court's rulings on the admissibility of evidence for abuse of discretion, i.e., discretion that is exercised in an arbitrary, capricious or patently absurd manner. (People v. Merriman (2014) 60 Cal.4th 1, 74.)
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