The following excerpt is from United States v. Brettschneider, 19-2423-cr, 19-3164-cr (2nd Cir. 2020):
"We review evidentiary rulings for abuse of discretion. To find such abuse, we must conclude that the trial judge's evidentiary rulings were arbitrary and irrational." United States v. Mercado, 573 F.3d 138, 141 (2d Cir. 2009) (citations and internal quotation marks omitted).
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