What is the test for establishing that a trial court has the power to fix any reasonable sum?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Harrison, 118 Cal.App.3d Supp. 1, 173 Cal.Rptr. 274 (Cal. Super. 1981):
The People cite the case of People v. Amor (1974) 12 Cal.3d 20, 114 Cal.Rptr. 765, 523 P.2d 1173, as authority for the proposition that the trial court has discretion to fix any reasonable sum. Unfortunately, the case simply does not stand for that proposition.
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