How have courts interpreted section 352 of the California Evidence Code for excluding prejudicial evidence in a sexual assault case?

California, United States of America


The following excerpt is from People v. Singh, C051615 (Cal. App. 12/19/2007), C051615 (Cal. App. 2007):

This evidence was minimally prejudicial. "The prejudice which exclusion of evidence under Evidence Code section 352 is designed to avoid is not the prejudice or damage to a defense that naturally flows from relevant, highly probative evidence. `[All] evidence which tends to prove guilt is prejudicial or damaging to the defendant's case. The stronger the evidence, the more it is "prejudicial." The "prejudice" referred to in Evidence Code section 352 applies to evidence which uniquely tends to evoke an emotional bias against the defendant as an individual and which has very little effect on the issues. In applying section 352, "prejudicial" is not synonymous with "damaging."' [Citation.]" (People v. Karis (1988) 46 Cal.3d 612, 638.)

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