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5 canonical passages across 4 cases, quoted by 61 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 Grady v. Frito-Lay, Inc..

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1 Grady v. Frito-Lay, Inc. Anchor
pa · 2003
green “an abuse of discretion may not be found merely because an appellate court might have reached a different conclusion, but requires a result of manifest unreasonableness, or partiality, prejudice, bias, or ill-will, or such lack of support so as to be clearly erroneous.” 21
2 Commonwealth v. Ward
pa · 1990
green “in the best position to determine the proper penalty for a particular offense based upon an evaluation of the individual circumstances before it.” 19
3 Commonwealth v. Smith
pa · 1996
green “imposition of a sentence is vested in the discretion of the sentencing court and will not be disturbed absent a manifest abuse of discretion.” 14
4 McClain v. Welker
pasuperct · 2000
green “to constitute reversible error, an evidentiary ruling must not only be erroneous, but also harmful or prejudicial to the complaining party.” 5
5 Commonwealth v. Ward
pa · 1990
green “because of the perception that the trial court is in the best position to determine the proper penalty for a particular offense based upon an evaluation of the individual circumstances before it.” 2

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