In what circumstances have defendants been denied access to impeached impeachment evidence by the Court?

California, United States of America

The following excerpt is from People v. Gibson, B269069 (Cal. App. 2017):

Defendants, therefore, are incorrect in their assertion that the court precluded them from admitting the evidence and from putting on a complete defense and introducing significant impeachment evidence.¹⁶ Rather, defendants' due process rights and right to present a complete defense were in no way diminished by the court's rulings. (See generally Holmes v. South Carolina (2006) 547 U.S. 319, 324, 326-327 [although this right can be abridged by evidence rules that infringe upon a weighty interest of the accused and are arbitrary or disproportionate to

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