What is the test for admitting or excluding evidence in a sexual assault case?

California, United States of America


The following excerpt is from People v. Savoy, A132866 (Cal. App. 2013):

These "ordinary rules of evidence do not impermissibly infringe on the accused's constitutional right to present a defense." (People v. Lawley (2002) 27 Cal.4th 102, 155.) As such, the trial court retains "a traditional and intrinsic power to exercise discretion to control the admission of evidence in the interests of orderly procedure and the avoidance of prejudice." (Ibid.) On appeal, a trial court's decision to admit or exclude evidence is

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