California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Charles, 188 Cal.Rptr.3d 282, 349 P.3d 990, 61 Cal.4th 308 (Cal. 2015):
[Citation.] We review the trial court's ultimate ruling for an abuse of discretion [citations], reversing only if the trial court exercised its discretion in an arbitrary, capricious, or patently absurd manner that resulted in a manifest miscarriage of justice. (People v. DeHoyos (2013) 57 Cal.4th 79, 132, 158 Cal.Rptr.3d 797, 303 P.3d 1.)
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