What is the test for invoking the rule of "right ruling, wrong reason"?

California, United States of America


The following excerpt is from People v. Chavez, E061357 (Cal. App. 2015):

3. We presume that defendant is, sub silentio, invoking the rule of "right ruling, wrong reason." (See People v. Campbell (1994) 23 Cal.App.4th 1488, 1494.)

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