What is the test for excluding relevant evidence from a jury trial?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Phillips, B259008 (Cal. App. 2017):
643 [even relevant evidence may be excluded under Evidence Code section 352].) "An exercise of discretion under Evidence Code section 352 will be affirmed unless it was arbitrary, capricious, or patently absurd and the ruling resulted in a miscarriage of justice." (People v. Winbush (2017) 2 Cal.5th 402, 469.)
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