California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Jones, 17 Cal.4th 279, 70 Cal.Rptr.2d 793, 949 P.2d 890 (Cal. 1998):
As with the claim regarding character evidence, ante, the predicate of defendant's evidentiary claims is that the court abused its discretion (see People v. Rodrigues, supra, 8 Cal.4th at p. 1164, 36 Cal.Rptr.2d 235, 885 P.2d 1) in admitting this rebuttal evidence.
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