What is the test for excluding prejudicial evidence at trial?

"The court in its discretion may exclude evidence if its probative value is substantially outweighed by the probability that its admission will (a) necessitate undue consumption of time or (b) create substantial danger of undue prejudice, of confusing the issues, or of misleading the jury." (Evid. Code, 352.) We will disturb the exercise of that discretion only upon a showing that the court exercised its discretion in an arbitrary, capricious, or patently absurd manner that resulted in a manifest miscarriage of justice. (People v. Fulcher (2006) 136 Cal.App.4th 41, 58.) "For purposes of Evidence Code section 352, evidence is considered unduly prejudicial if it tends to evoke an emotional bias against the defendant as an individual and has a negligible bearing on the issues. [Citation.] Put another way, evidence should be excluded ' " 'when it is of such nature as to inflame the emotions of the jury, motivating them to use the information, not to

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