California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Jurian, B244575, B250118 (Cal. App. 2018):
The trial court's denial of Manjikian's new trial motion did not constitute an abuse of discretion. (See People v. Lewis (2001) 26 Cal.4th 334, 364 [" 'A trial court's ruling on a motion for new trial is so completely within that court's discretion that a reviewing court will not disturb the ruling absent a manifest and unmistakable abuse of that discretion. [Citation.]' [Citation.]"].)
11. Trial court did not err by awarding the requested amount of funeral expenses as victim restitution.
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