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8 canonical passages across 7 cases, quoted by 74 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. Jackson.

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1 People v. Jackson Anchor
illappct · 2007
green “it is well settled that a trial judge's sentencing decisions are entitled to great deference and will not be altered on appeal absent an abuse of discretion.” 23
2 People v. Jackson
illappct · 2007
green “must not substitute its judgment for that of the trial court simply because the reviewing court would have weighed the factors differently.” 13
3 People v. Roberts
illappct · 2003
green “a trial court has wide latitude in sentencing a defendant, so long as it neither ignores relevant mitigating factors nor considers improper factors in aggravation.” 13
4 People v. Busse
illappct · 2016
green “must not substitute its judgment for that of the trial court simply because the reviewing court would have weighed the factors differently.” 11
5 People v. Wilson
illappct · 2016
green “recite and assign a value to each factor.” 4
6 People v. Hageman
illappct · 2020
green “it is not our duty on appeal to reweigh the factors involved in the circuit court's sentencing decision.” 4
7 People v. Garibay
illappct · 2006
green “the existence of mitigating factors does not obligate the trial court to impose the minimum sentence” 3
8 People v. Decatur
illappct · 2016
green “importantly, it is the seriousness of the crime-rather than the presence of mitigating factors-that is the most important factor in determining an appropriate sentence.” 3

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