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4 canonical passages across 2 cases, quoted by 35 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 Kirby v. State.

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1 Kirby v. State Anchor
ga · 2018
green “the test for determining nonconstitutional harmless error is whether it is highly probable that the error did not contribute to the verdict.” 13
2 Kirby v. State
ga · 2018
green “in determining whether the error was harmless, we review the record de novo and weigh the evidence as we would expect reasonable jurors to have done so.” 11
3 Boothe v. State
ga · 2013
green “we weigh the evidence as we would expect reasonable jurors to have done so, as opposed to assuming that they took the most pro-guilt possible view of every bit of evidence in the case.” 7
4 Boothe v. State
ga · 2013
green “in doing so, we weigh the evidence as we would expect reasonable jurors to have done so, as opposed to assuming that they took the most pro-guilt possible view of every bit of evidence in the case.” 4

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