California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Ford, A137496 (Cal. App. 2014):
for abuse of discretion." (People v. Chism (2014) 58 Cal.4th 1266, 1291.) "'A trial court will not be found to have abused its discretion unless it "'exercised its discretion in an arbitrary, capricious, or patently absurd manner that results in a manifest miscarriage of justice." [Citations.]'" (People v. Hajek and Vo (2014) 58 Cal.4th 1144, 1180 (Hajek).)
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