California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Oberdiear, B287387 (Cal. App. 2020):
see no abuse of discretion in the exclusion of such evidence. (See People v. Avila (2006) 38 Cal.4th 491, 584 [no error in excluding evidence of potential witness bias where probative value "was, at best, weak" and "was substantially outweighed by the probability that its admission would necessitate undue consumption of time or create substantial danger of undue prejudice"]; People v. Hart, supra, 20 Cal.4th at p. 607 [evidence of victim's alleged motive to lie was properly excluded where its admission "would have permitted the focus of the testimony to shift away from the events leading to and involving the charged offenses," and the "trial court acted within its discretion in determining that such a shift presented a substantial risk of confusing or misleading the jury"].)
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