The exclusion of exculpatory evidence in a criminal trial does not violate the constitutional right to present a defense and is not constitutionally arbitrary or disproportionate if the excluded evidence either is immaterial or has very little or no probative value.

Contributed in 2009 & last edited in 2009 by Peter Tillers
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