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3 canonical passages across 3 cases, quoted by 39 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 Childress v. State.

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1 Childress v. State Anchor
ind · 2006
green “is the starting point the legislature has selected as an appropriate sentence for the crime committed.” 25
2 Randy L. Knapp v. State of Indiana
ind · 2014
green “the 7(b) 'appropriateness' inquiry is a discretionary exercise of the appellate court's judgment, not unlike the trial court's discretionary sentencing determination.” 9
3 Smith v. State
ind · 2008
green “based on the gravity, nature and number of prior offenses as they relate to the current offense.” 5

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