CALIFORNIA EVIDENCE: CIVIL AND CRIMINAL
...Relevance
......Relevant Evidence: Gen. Reqmts.
.........Strength of Evid. Not Determinative
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  • Evidence is relevant when, no matter how weak, it tends to prove the issue before the court.
  • No miscarriage of justice to allow W testimony he rec'd $20 bribe from defense where overwhelming evidence of D's guilt and W story inherently unbelievable and could be contradicted by others.
  • Weakness of evidence does not make it irrelevant.
  • Evidence need not be conclusive to be relevant.