Is a court's application of the law to the facts reversible only if it is arbitrary and capricious?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Fuentes, 170 Cal.Rptr.3d 839 (Cal. App. 2014):
court's application of the law to the facts "is reversible only if arbitrary and capricious." ( Haraguchi v. Superior Court, supra, at p. 712, 76 Cal.Rptr.3d 250, 182 P.3d 579.)
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