6 canonical passages across 6 cases, quoted by 335 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 Cardwell v. State.
| # | Case | Flag | Canonical passage | Citers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cardwell v. State Anchor | green | “should be to attempt to leaven the outliers, and identify some guiding principles for trial courts and those charged with improvement of the sentencing statutes, but not to achieve a perceived 'correct' result in each case.” | 168 |
| 2 | Reid v. State | green | “may revise a sentence authorized by statute if, after due consideration of the trial court's decision, the court finds that the sentence is inappropriate in light of the nature of the offense and the character of the offender.” | 63 |
| 3 | Rutherford v. State | green | “additionally, a defendant bears the burden of persuading the appellate court that his or her sentence is inappropriate.” | 59 |
| 4 | Andrew Conley v. State of Indiana | green | “appellate rule 7(b) analysis is not to determine whether another sentence is more appropriate but rather whether the sentence imposed is inappropriate.” | 23 |
| 5 | King v. State | green | “the principal role of appellate review should be to attempt to leaven the outliers, and identify some guiding principles for trial courts and those charged with improvement of the sentencing statutes, but not to achieve a perceived 'correct' result in each case.” | 18 |
| 6 | Rogers v. State | green | “an allegation that the trial court failed to identify or find a mitigating factor requires the defendant to establish that the mitigating evidence is both significant and clearly supported by the record.” | 4 |
A red or yellow flag on a member means the underlying case has negative treatment — for those, check the case page before relying on the passage.