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2 canonical passages across 2 cases, quoted by 13 opinions in total. These passages cluster together because the same opinions keep quoting them side by side — they state parts of one doctrine. The anchor passage is from People v. Babiarz.

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1 People v. Babiarz Anchor
illappct · 1995
green “where the sentencing court examines a presentence report, it is presumed that the court considered the defendant's potential for rehabilitation.” 7
2 People v. Fern
ill · 1999
green “in considering the propriety of a sentence, the reviewing court must proceed with great caution and must not substitute its judgment for that of the trial court merely because it would have weighed the factors differently.” 6

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