What is the test for overturning a judge's discretion in admitting evidence at trial?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Rodriguez, F074250 (Cal. App. 2020):
Discretionary rulings concerning the admission of evidence "will not be disturbed except on a showing the trial court exercised its discretion in an arbitrary, capricious, or patently absurd manner that resulted in a manifest miscarriage of justice." (People v. Rodriguez (1999) 20 Cal.4th 1, 9-10.) The burden is difficult to carry, and findings of
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