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2 canonical passages across 2 cases, quoted by 263 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. Kelly.

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1 People v. Kelly Anchor
michctapp · 1998
green “an appellant may not merely announce his position and leave it to this court to discover and rationalize the basis for his claims, nor may he give only cursory treatment with little or no citation of supporting authority.” 198
2 People v. McPherson
michctapp · 2004
green “the failure to brief the merits of an allegation of error constitutes an abandonment of the issue.” 65

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