Heriberto Rodriguez v. County of Los Angeles, 891 F.3d 776 (2018)

Citation: Heriberto Rodriguez v. County of Los Angeles, 891 F.3d 776 (2018)
Parent Document: Heriberto Rodriguez v. County of Los Angeles, 891 F.3d 776 (2018)
Jurisdiction: United States (federal)
Effective Date: 2018-05-30
Original Source: https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/4502306/heriberto-rodriguez-v-county-of... ↗

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also permitted appellants to present evidence of appellees’
violent and disruptive behavior before and during the
extraction itself. The court evaluated the additional probative
value of the proffered evidence of criminal history and gang
membership, and balanced it against prejudice to appellees.
It then acted within its discretion in excluding the evidence
under Federal Rule of Evidence 403. “The Rule 403
weighing process is primarily for the district court to perform.
Trial judges are better able to sense the dynamics of a trial
than we can ever be, and broad discretion must be accorded
them in balancing probative value against prejudice.”
Longenecker v. Gen’l Motors Corp., 594 F.2d 1283, 1286
(9th Cir. 1979); see also United States v. Weiland, 420 F.3d
1062, 1078 (9th Cir. 2005).

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