People v. Berg

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INTRODUCTION

In Griset v. Fair Political Practices Com. (2001) 25 Cal.4th 688, 701, 107 Cal.Rptr.2d 149, 23 P.3d 43 ( Griset II ), the California Supreme Court explained, "An unqualified affirmance 'ordinarily sustains the judgment and ends the litigation.' " The Griset II court applied this principle in concluding that a trial court lacked jurisdiction, after the unqualified affirmance of its prior judgment, to consider a party's renewed motion for summary judgment based on a change in the law. ( Id. at pp. 694-695, 701, 107 Cal.Rptr.2d 149, 23 P.3d 43.) The Griset II court ruled that the…