Principle

APPELLATE PRACTICE — Interference with Discretion — Appellate Court Must Not Substitute Its Own Discretion

Area of law
APPELLATE PRACTICE
Court
Supreme Court

Appellate courts defer to trial court discretion unless clearly wrong or irrelevant considerations were ignored. The principle applies to appellate practice.

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