What is the test for an evidentiary ruling under the abuse of discretion standard?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Gruber, G051974 (Cal. App. 2017):
We review a trial court's evidentiary rulings under the abuse of discretion standard. (People v. Avila (2006) 38 Cal.4th 491, 578.) The court abuses its discretion by acting "in an arbitrary, capricious, or patently absurd manner that result[s] in a
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