California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Solis, 181 Cal.Rptr.3d 877, 232 Cal.App.4th 1108 (Cal. App. 2015):
against a criminal defendant is infringed] When one branch of the state government trammels on a core function assigned to another branch, a court has the authority to declare the usurper's activities to be invalid. (Cf. Obrien v. Jones (2000) 23 Cal.4th 40, 78 [96 Cal.Rptr.2d 205, 999 P.2d 95] [generally discussing remedies for violations of separation of power].)
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