What is the test for reviewing a decision by a jury in a criminal case?

The trial court's decision is reviewed deferentially. (People v. Carmony (2004) 33 Cal.4th 367, 374.) The "trial court does not abuse its discretion unless its decision is so irrational or arbitrary that no reasonable person could agree with it." (Id. at p. 377.) The Three Strikes law "not only establishes a sentencing norm, it carefully circumscribes the trial court's power to depart from this norm and requires the court to explicitly justify its decision to do so. In doing so, the law creates a strong presumption that any sentence that

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