Topic: an appellate court should find an abuse of discretion when … · Go Syfert
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2 canonical passages across 2 cases, quoted by 11 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 State v. James.

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1 State v. James Anchor
tenn · 2002
green “an appellate court should find an abuse of discretion when it appears that the trial court applied an incorrect legal standard, or reached a decision which is against logic or reasoning that caused an injustice to the party complaining.” 7
2 State v. Ward
tenncrimapp · 2003
green “rule of three,' i.e. the first unexplained child death in the presence of a sole caregiver can be classified as sids sudden infant death syndrome, with the second such death classified as undetermined, and the third and subsequent deaths result in all of the deaths being classif…” 4

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