California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Navarro, B263204 (Cal. App. 2016):
Defendant has not identified any "undue" prejudice from the admission of the registration. "'"The prejudice which [section 352] is designed to avoid is not the prejudice or damage to a defense that naturally flows from relevant, highly probative evidence." [Citations.] "Rather, the statute uses the word in its etymological sense of 'prejudging' a person or cause on the basis of extraneous factors. [Citation.]"'" (People v. Mullens (2004) 119 Cal.App.4th 648, 658.) Accordingly, defendant has not
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