California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Jones, A138504 (Cal. App. 2014):
" '[A]n appellate court applies the abuse of discretion standard of review to any ruling by a trial court on the admissibility of evidence, including one that turns on the relative probativeness and prejudice of the evidence in question [citations]. Evidence is substantially more prejudicial than probative (see Evid. Code, 352) if, broadly stated, it poses an intolerable "risk to the fairness of the proceedings or the reliability of the outcome" [citation].' [Citation.] 'The admission of relevant evidence will not offend due process unless the evidence is so prejudicial as to render the defendant's trial
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fundamentally unfair.' [Citation.]" (People v. Jablonski (2006) 37 Cal.4th 774, 805.)
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