Is there any case law that supports the argument that a trial judge understands and follow established law?

California, United States of America

The following excerpt is from People v. Ramirez, 10 Cal.5th 983, 274 Cal.Rptr.3d 309, 479 P.3d 797 (Cal. 2021):

In sum, the court's comment even if open-ended does not persuade us that the presumption has been overcome that trial judges understand and follow established law. Beyond this comment, defendant has not identified "anything in the record indicating the trial court breached its duty to consider his ability to pay." ( People v. Gamache (2010) 48 Cal.4th 347, 409, 106 Cal.Rptr.3d 771, 227 P.3d 342.) "[A]s the trial court was not obligated to make express findings concerning his

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