California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Glaude, F076021 (Cal. App. 2019):
And "rules regulating the admission of evidence proffered by criminal defendants to show that someone else committed the crime with which they are charged," "are widely accepted" as not violating a defendant's constitutional right to present a defense. (Holmes v. South Carolina (2006) 547 U.S. 319, 327.)
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