California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Newman, (Cal. App. 2013):
A trial court's finding that a case may or may not be unusual is reviewed for an abuse of discretion. (People v. Stuart, supra, 156 Cal.App.4th at p. 178.) Similarly, whether to deny or grant probation generally rests within the trial court's broad discretion, and its decision will not be disturbed on appeal absent a showing that the court
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