California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Ortega, D068920 (Cal. App. 2017):
An appellate court reviews a court's rulings regarding relevancy and admissibility under Evidence Code section 352 for abuse of discretion. We will not reverse a court's ruling on such matters unless it is shown the trial court exercised its discretion in an arbitrary, capricious, or patently absurd manner that resulted in a manifest miscarriage of justice. (See People v. Vargas (2001) 91 Cal.App.4th 506, 545, 543 [trial courts "have wide discretion in determining the relevancy of evidence"; no abuse of discretion under Evidence Code section 352 unless the court " ' "exceeds the bounds of reason, all of the circumstances being considered" ' "].)
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