What is the test for denying a defendant a right to present a defense?

California, United States of America


The following excerpt is from People v. Saenz, F074429 (Cal. App. 2018):

Because the trial court did not err in applying the rules of evidence, we similarly reject defendant's claim he was denied his constitutional right to due process and to present a defense. (Accord, People v. Prince, supra, 40 Cal.4th at p. 1243 ["'[W]e ... reject defendant's various claims that the trial court's exclusion of the proffered [third party culpability] evidence violated his federal constitutional right[] to present a defense .... There was no error under state law, and we have long observed that, "[a]s a general matter, the ordinary rules of evidence do not impermissibly infringe on the accused's [state or federal constitutional] right to present a defense"'"]; People v. Robinson (2005) 37 Cal.4th 592, 626 [similar].)

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