What is the test for excluding evidence of only "slight probative value" from cross-examination regarding a charge of assault?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Brown, B287726 (Cal. App. 2019):
would have been of trivial additional value, and the court did not abuse its discretion in determining that cross-examination regarding this charge would consume time and effort substantially in excess of any probative value.5 (See Clark, supra, 52 Cal.4th at pp. 931-932; People v. Leonard (2014) 228 Cal.App.4th 465, 497 [trial court did not abuse its discretion in excluding evidence of only "slight" probative value].)
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