California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from The People v. Flores, B211207, No. BA272661 (Cal. App. 2010):
11. An abuse of discretion will not be found unless the trial court has exceeded the bounds of reason by exercising its discretion in an arbitrary, capricious or patently absurd manner that resulted in a manifest miscarriage of justice. (People v. Rodriguez (1999) 20 Cal.4th 1, 9-10.)
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