California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Griffith, A143583, A144727 (Cal. App. 2016):
The "undue prejudice" mentioned in section 352 has a distinct meaning. It refers to evidence " 'that uniquely tends to evoke an emotional bias against a party as an individual, while having only slight probative value with regard to the issues' " (People v. Samuels (2005) 36 Cal.4th 96, 124) or which is "likely . . . to be used in some manner unrelated to the issue on which it is admissible." (People v. Edelbacher (1989) 47 Cal.3d
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