People v. Flores

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• holding that “the trial court does not need to expressly outline its reasoning for sentencing ***.”
• noting the trial court has wide latitude in sentencing a defendant if it does not ignore mitigating factors or improperly consider aggravating factors
• absent evidence to the contrary, reviewing court presumes sentencing court considered mitigating evidence before it
• the nature and circumstances of the offense and the history and character of defendant are factors that govern rehabilitative potential
• trial court may clarify at a hearing on a motion to reconsider sentence that it considered all sentencing factors
• \The existence of mitigating factors does not mandate imposition of the minimum sentence\

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).