What is the test for determining relevance of evidence at trial?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Stark, 11 Cal.Rptr.2d 207, 13 Cal.App.4th 1357 (Cal. App. 1992):
"In general, the trial court is vested with wide discretion in determining relevance and in weighing the prejudicial effect of proffered evidence against its probative value. Its rulings will not be overturned on appeal absent an abuse of that discretion. [Citations.]" (People v. Edwards (1991) 54 Cal.3d 787, 817, 1 Cal.Rptr.2d 696, 819 P.2d 436.) No abuse of that discretion appears here.
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