California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Nichols, B271650 (Cal. App. 2017):
"We review for abuse of discretion a trial court's rulings on relevance and admission or exclusion of evidence under sections 1101 and 352." (People v. Cole (2004) 33 Cal.4th 1158, 1195.) The trial court's decision "will not be disturbed except on a showing the trial court exercised its discretion in an arbitrary, capricious, or patently absurd
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manner that resulted in a manifest miscarriage of justice." (People v. Rodriguez (1999) 20 Cal.4th 1, 9-10.)
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