Can a judge be found to have acted in an "arbitrary, capricious or patently absurd manner" in a criminal case?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Medina, D057176, Super. Ct. No. RIF121073 (Cal. App. 2011):
arbitrary, capricious, or patently absurd manner that resulted in a manifest miscarriage of justice.(People v. Geier (2007) 41 Cal.4th 555, 585.) We discern no abuse of discretion in this case.
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