How does the Court of Appeal review an evidentiary ruling for an abuse of discretion?

California, United States of America

The following excerpt is from People v. Gonzales, D068927 (Cal. App. 2017):

In People v. Diaz (2014) 227 Cal.App.4th 362, 377, we described the manner by which this court reviews a trial court's evidentiary ruling for an abuse of discretion: "A proper exercise of discretion is ' "neither arbitrary nor capricious, but is an impartial discretion, guided and controlled by fixed legal principles, to be exercised in conformity with the spirit of the law, and in a manner to subserve and not to impede or defeat the ends of substantial justice." ' [Citation.] Exercises of discretion must be ' "grounded in reasoned judgment and guided by legal principles and policies appropriate to the particular matter at issue." ' "

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