What is the test for giving a defendant a meaningful opportunity to present a complete defense?
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The following excerpt is from Foley v. Kernan, Case No.: 16cv0408-JLS (BGS) (S.D. Cal. 2017):
criminal defendants 'a meaningful opportunity to present a complete defense." Crane v. Kentucky, 476 U.S. 683, 690 (1986), quoting California v. Trombetta, 467 U.S. 479, 485 (1984) ("Under the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment, criminal prosecutions must comport with prevailing notions of fundamental fairness.")
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