What is the test for the admissibility of rebuttal evidence in a sexual assault case?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Clay, A139735, A140792 (Cal. App. 2018):
A trial court's ruling on the admissibility of rebuttal evidence is reviewed for abuse of discretion. (People v. Raley (1992) 2 Cal.4th 870, 912.) "Prosecution rebuttal evidence must tend to disprove a fact of consequence on which the defendant has
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