California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Swinney, B299452 (Cal. App. 2020):
"[W]e review trial court decisions about the admissibility of evidence for abuse of discretion. Specifically, we will not disturb a trial court's admissibility ruling ' "except on a showing the trial court exercised its discretion in an arbitrary, capricious, or patently absurd manner that resulted in a manifest miscarriage of justice." ' " (People v. Morales (2020) 10 Cal.5th 76, 97.)
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