CALIFORNIA EVIDENCE: CIVIL AND CRIMINAL
...Discretion to Exclude Relevant Evid.
......Authority
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  • Court has discretion to exclude relevant evidence if probative value outweighed by consumption of time, undue prejudice, confusion or misleading of jury.
  • Exclusion of relevant evidence on grounds of prejudice, confusion, or waste of time.
  • While a jury must be shielded from depictions that sensationalize an alleged crime, it cannot be shielded from an accurate depiction of the charged crimes.