Can a federal district court's evidentiary ruling be reviewed for abuse of discretion?
MultiRegion, United States of America
The following excerpt is from U.S. v. Workinger, 90 F.3d 1409 (9th Cir. 1996):
A district court's evidentiary rulings are reviewed for an abuse of discretion. Manning, 56 F.3d at 1196. "Evidentiary rulings will be reversed for abuse of discretion only if such nonconstitutional error more likely than not affected the verdict." United States v. Corona, 34 F.3d 876, 882 (9th Cir.1994).
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