Does a state court's application of ordinary rules of evidence generally infringe a defendant's general right to offer a defense through his or her witnesses?

"[A] state court's application of ordinary rules of evidenceincluding the rule stated in Evidence Code section 352generally does not infringe upon" a defendant's "general right to offer a defense through the testimony of his or her witnesses." (People v. Cornwell (2005) 37 Cal.4th 50, 82, overruled on other grounds in People v. Doolin

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(2009) 45 Cal.4th 390, 421, fn. 22; People v. Fudge (1994) 7 Cal.4th 1075, 1102-1103 ["Although completely excluding evidence of an accused's defense theoretically could rise to [the level of impermissibly infringing on a defendant's right to present a defense], excluding defense evidence on a minor or subsidiary point does not impair an accused's due process right to present a defense."].)