What is the test for determining whether a judge acted in an "arbitrary, capricious or patently absurd manner"?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Guevara, 2d Crim. No. B262954 (Cal. App. 2016):
arbitrary, capricious or patently absurd manner that resulted in a manifest miscarriage of justice. (People v. Rodrigues (1994) 8 Cal.4th 1060, 1124.)
The order is affirmed.
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