Topic: where mitigating evidence is presented to the trial court, … · Go Syfert
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2 canonical passages across 2 cases, quoted by 12 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. Sauseda.

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1 People v. Sauseda Anchor
illappct · 2016
green “where mitigating evidence is presented to the trial court, it is presumed, absent some indication to the contrary, other than the sentence itself, that the court considered it.” 8
2 People v. Jones
illappct · 2020
green “manifestly disproportionate to the nature of the offense.” 4

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