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4 canonical passages across 2 cases, quoted by 51 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. Waterstone.

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1 People v. Waterstone Anchor
michctapp · 2012
green “a trial court necessarily abuses its discretion when it makes an error of law.” 29
2 People v. Nicholson
michctapp · 2012
green “when its decision falls outside the range of principled outcomes.” 9
3 People v. Nicholson
michctapp · 2012
green “falls outside the range of principled outcomes.” 7
4 People v. Nicholson
michctapp · 2012
green “a trial court may be said to have abused its discretion only when its decision falls outside the range of principled outcomes.” 6

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