California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Garcia, B236196 (Cal. App. 2013):
A defendant has a right to present testimony of witnesses in his defense, subject to the condition that "a state court's application of ordinary rules of evidence -- including the rule stated in Evidence Code section 352 -- generally does not infringe upon this right." (People v. Cornwell (2005) 37 Cal.4th 50, 82, disapproved on other grounds in People v. Doolin (2009) 45 Cal.4th 390, 421, fn. 22.) Due process does not require that a court allow an accused to present evidence in the exact form, manner and quantum the defense desires, and may properly preclude its use pursuant to Evidence Code section 352. (See People v. Babbitt (1988) 45 Cal.3d 660, 684.)
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