What is the test for "abuse of discretion" in the admission of evidence by a federal district court?

MultiRegion, United States of America

The following excerpt is from United States v. Boles, 914 F.3d 95 (2nd Cir. 2019):

A district court has "broad discretion" over the admission of evidence. United States v. Nektalov , 461 F.3d 309, 318 (2d Cir. 2006). Accordingly, "[t]his [C]ourt reviews evidentiary rulings for abuse of discretion." United States v. Cummings , 858 F.3d 763, 771 (2d Cir. 2017). "A district court has abused its discretion if it based its ruling on an erroneous view of the law or on a clearly erroneous assessment of the evidence or rendered a decision that cannot be located within the range of permissible decisions." United States v. Natal , 849 F.3d 530, 534 (2d Cir. 2017) (per curiam) (internal quotation marks omitted).

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