What is the test for a court's ruling on the admissibility of evidence for an abuse of discretion?

California, United States of America


The following excerpt is from The People v. Rodriguez, E049270, No. SWF013745 (Cal. App. 2011):

We review a trial court's ruling on the admissibility of evidence for an abuse of discretion. (People v. Waidla (2000) 22 Cal.4th 690, 725.) "It is fundamental that a trial judge has wide discretion to admit or reject opinion evidence, and that a court of appeal has no power to interfere with the ruling unless there is an obvious and pronounced abuse of discretion...." (People v. Clark (1970) 6 Cal.App.3d 658, 664.)

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