Does a court have any power or authority to deny a motion for a new trial motion based on the exclusion of third party culpability evidence?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Andrade, 190 Cal.Rptr.3d 442, 238 Cal.App.4th 1274 (Cal. App. 2015):
Similarly, the trial court did not abuse its discretion in denying appellant's new trial motion based on the exclusion of third-party culpability evidence. (See People v. Homick (2012) 55 Cal.4th 816, 894, 150 Cal.Rptr.3d 1, 289 P.3d 791.)
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