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3 canonical passages across 3 cases, quoted by 10 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. Williams.

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1 People v. Williams Anchor
michctapp · 1993
green “sentences are not disproportionate in relation to the crimes, they are therefore not cruel or unusual.” 4
2 People v. Kennebrew
michctapp · 1997
green “as a general rule, a sentence that falls within the guidelines' range is presumed to be neither excessive nor disparate.” 3
3 People v. Dukes
michctapp · 1991
green “milbourn left intact the court's prior observation, in people v broden, 428 mich 343, 354 ; 408 nw2d 789 (1987), that sentences falling within the recommended guidelines range are presumptively not excessively severe or unfairly disparate.” 3

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