California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Singh, C075295 (Cal. App. 2018):
Defendant claims the lyrics did not rise to the level of a confession and should not be treated as such. The trial court did not treat the lyrics as a confession. It admitted them as circumstantial evidence. A limiting instruction would have ensured the jury did not view the evidence for more than what it was, but defendant did not request one and the trial court was not required to provide one sua sponte. (People v. Hernandez (2004) 33 Cal.4th 1040, 1051.) It did not abuse its discretion in finding the evidence relevant.
2. Undue prejudice
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