Is there a "legal principle that has been so obfuscated by infrequent reference and inadequate elucidation" that it cannot be considered a general principle of law?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Beard, F066422, F066548 (Cal. App. 2015):
legal principle that has been so 'obfuscated by infrequent reference and inadequate elucidation' that it cannot be considered a general principle of law." (Id. at p. 975, citing People v. Flannel (1979) 25 Cal.3d 668, 681.)5
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