Does the absence of an explanation of a ruling make it more difficult for the appellate court to uphold the ruling as reasonable?

California, United States of America


The following excerpt is from Dinh v. Lejano, H041828 (Cal. App. 2016):

Although "[t]he absence of an explanation of a ruling may make it more difficult for an appellate court to uphold it as reasonable, . . . we will not presume error based on such an omission." (Gorman, supra, 178 Cal.App.4th at p. 67.) To the contrary, " '[a]ll intendments and presumptions are indulged to support [the judgment] on matters as to which the record is silent, and error must be affirmatively shown.' ([Denham, supra, 2 Cal.3d at p. 564].)" (Ibid., quoting Ketchum v. Moses (2001) 24 Cal.4th 1122, 1140.)

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