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· 2/24/1890

People ex rel. Kern County v. Baker

Citations

  • 83 Cal. 149
  • 23 P. 364
  • 1890 Cal. LEXIS 654

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • “[T]he trial court is given a significant amount of deference to exercise its sound discretion because it was an observer of what transpired at trial.”
  • the judge who presided over a trial “is given a significant amount of deference to exercise its sound discretion” in ruling on a motion for a new trial under the general grounds “because it was an observer of what transpired at trial”
  • affirming grant of new trial by successor judge
  • affirming grant of new trial by successor judge

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