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7 canonical passages across 6 cases, quoted by 37 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 Mosley v. State.

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1 Mosley v. State Anchor
texcrimapp · 1998
green “a prosecutor runs a risk of improperly striking at a defendant over the shoulder of counsel when the argument is made in terms of defense counsel personally and when the argument explicitly impugns defense counsel's character.” 15
2 Fuentes v. State
texcrimapp · 1984
green “it is axiomatic that the state may not strike at a defendant over the shoulders of his counsel or accuse defense counsel of bad faith and insincerity.” 6
3 Temple v. State
texapp · 2010
green “it will not constitute reversible error unless it is extreme or manifestly improper ... or injects new facts harmful to the accused into the trial proceeding.” 4
4 State v. Garrett
texapp · 2000
green “direct result of the defendant's conduct, i.e., his refusal to participate in any of these tests.” 3
5 Cole v. State
texapp · 2006
green “cannot serve as a basis for permitting prosecutorial comments that 'cast aspersion on defense counsel's veracity with the jury.” 3
6 Cole v. State
texapp · 2006
green “cast aspersion on defense counsel's veracity with the jury.” 3
7 Jackson v. State
texapp · 1984
green “totality of the circumstances.” 3

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