California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Rodriguez, 179 Cal.Rptr.3d 843, 231 Cal.App.4th 288 (Cal. App. 2014):
evidence standard. [Citations.] Its decision on the second, which is a pure question of law, is scrutinized under the standard of independent review. [Citations.] Finally, its ruling on the third, which is a mixed fact-law question that is however predominantly one of law, ... is also subject to independent review. ' (People v. Ayala (2000) 23 Cal.4th 225, 255, 96 Cal.Rptr.2d 682, 1 P.3d 3.)
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