California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Gutierrez, B259135 (Cal. App. 2016):
" '[A] court need not expressly weigh prejudice against probative value or even expressly state that it has done so, if the record as a whole shows the court was aware of and performed its balancing function under Evidence Code section 352.' " (People v. Lewis (2009) 46 Cal.4th 1255, 1285.)
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