What is the scope of a court's discretion when dealing with an action that breaches the applicable principles of law?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Williams, 275 Cal.Rptr.3d 848, 61 Cal.App.5th 627 (Cal. App. 2021):
" "[T]he scope of [a court's] discretion always resides in the particular law being applied, i.e., in the legal principles governing the subject of [the] action .... Action that transgresses the confines of the applicable principles of law is outside the scope of discretion and we call such action an abuse of discretion." [Citation.]" ( Williams v. Superior Court (2017) 3 Cal.5th 531, 540, 220 Cal.Rptr.3d 472, 398 P.3d 69.)
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