What is the effect of a trial court's decision to amend an information for an abuse of discretion?

California, United States of America


The following excerpt is from People v. Topps, B267272 (Cal. App. 2017):

We review a trial court's decision to permit amendment of an information for an abuse of discretion. (People v. Arevalo-Iraheta (2011) 193 Cal.App.4th 1574, 1581.)

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