Is a trial court ruling that resolves conflicts in the evidence entitled to greater deference from a reviewing court than a similar finding in a similar case?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Woods, 6 Cal.App.4th 846, 7 Cal.Rptr.2d 886 (Cal. App. 1992):
4 Thus appellate courts have suggested that a trial court ruling that resolves conflicts in the evidence is entitled to greater deference from a reviewing court than a trial court ruling in a case, such as this one, in which there is no conflict in the evidence. (See, e.g., Iott v. Franklin, supra, 206 Cal.App.3d 521, 530, 253 Cal.Rptr. 635.)
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