California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Wright, 60 Cal.App.4th 1242, 71 Cal.Rptr.2d 287 (Cal. App. 1998):
The case should be resolved on the basis of what actually happened and was ruled on, not just on the words used. (People v. Allen (1986) 42 Cal.3d 1222, 1260, 232 Cal.Rptr. 849, 729 P.2d 115.)
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