What is the test for review of a trial court ruling on the admissibility of evidence in limine or during trial?

California, United States of America


The following excerpt is from Nguyen v. House of Imports, Inc., G056789, G057216 (Cal. App. 2020):

"Trial court rulings on the admissibility of evidence, whether in limine or during trial, are generally reviewed for abuse of discretion." (Pannu v. Land Rover North America, Inc. (2011) 191 Cal.App.4th 1298, 1317.) "The appropriate test for abuse of discretion is whether the trial court exceeded the bounds of reason. When two or more inferences can reasonably be deduced from the facts, the reviewing court has no authority to substitute its decision for that of the trial court." (Shamblin v. Brattain (1988) 44 Cal.3d 474, 478-479.)

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