Courts have agreed that virtually all evidence offered by the prosecution in a criminal case is prejudicial to some degree against the accused, so the courts will exclude under Rule 403 only if it is prejudicial to a defendant.

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Courts have agreed that virtually all evidence offered by the prosecution in a criminal case is prejudicial to some degree against the accused, so the courts will exclude under Rule 403 only if it is 	prejudicial to a defendant.

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Evidence is excluded under Rule 403 if it is unfairly prejudicial, meaning it has a risk of causing an undue bias or an unfair decision against the defendant, beyond what the evidence's legitimate probative value would justify.

Courts Have Agreed That Virtually All Evidence Offered by the Prosecution