California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Manafov, C069505 (Cal. App. 2013):
We review the trial court's determination of the admissibility of evidence of a prior uncharged crime under the abuse of discretion standard. (People v. Cole (2004) 33 Cal.4th 1158, 1195.) The trial court's ruling need not be "unassailable." "Under the abuse of discretion standard, 'a trial court's ruling will not be disturbed, and reversal of the judgment is not required, unless the trial court exercised its discretion in an arbitrary, capricious, or patently absurd manner that resulted in a manifest miscarriage of justice.' [Citation.]" (People v. Hovarter (2008) 44 Cal.4th 983, 1004.)
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