California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from Willis v. City of Carlsbad, 262 Cal.Rptr.3d 528, 48 Cal.App.5th 1104 (Cal. App. 2020):
" No evidence is admissible except relevant evidence. [Citation.] Relevant evidence is evidence "having any tendency in reason to prove or disprove any disputed fact that is of consequence to the determination of the action." [Citation.] The court in its discretion may exclude evidence if its probative value is substantially outweighed by the probability that its admission will (a) necessitate undue consumption of time or (b) create substantial danger of undue prejudice, of confusing the issues, or of misleading the jury. [Citation.] In general, the trial court is vested with wide discretion in determining relevance and in weighing the prejudicial effect of proffered evidence against its probative value. Its rulings will not be overturned on appeal absent an abuse of that discretion. " ( People v. Hardy (2018) 5 Cal.5th 56, 87, 233 Cal.Rptr.3d 378, 418 P.3d 309.) Under this appellate standard, the court's ruling " "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. Case (2018) 5 Cal.5th 1, 46, 233 Cal.Rptr.3d 439, 418 P.3d 360.)
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