Topic: our task on appeal is not to second guess the decision made… · Go Syfert
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2 canonical passages across 2 cases, quoted by 44 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 State v. Formaro.

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1 State v. Formaro Anchor
iowa · 2002
green “our task on appeal is not to second guess the decision made by the district court, but to determine if it was unreasonable or based on untenable grounds.” 36
2 State of Iowa v. Bradley Elroy Wickes
iowa · 2018
green “show that the sentencing court relied on improper evidence.” 8

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