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4 canonical passages across 4 cases, quoted by 31 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 State v. Hutcherson.

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1 State v. Hutcherson Anchor
tenn · 1990
green “proof of venue is necessary to establish the jurisdiction of the court, but it is not an element of any offense and need only be proved by a preponderance of the evidence.” 11
2 State v. Legg
tenn · 1999
green “it is elementary that before a court may exercise judicial power to hear and determine a criminal prosecution, that court must possess three types of jurisdiction: jurisdiction over the defendant, jurisdiction over the alleged crime, and territorial jurisdiction.” 10
3 State v. Young
tenn · 2006
green “the jury is entitled to draw reasonable inferences from the evidence.” 7
4 State v. Beall
tenncrimapp · 1987
green “a factual matter to be resolved by the jury after hearing all the testimony of the witnesses, weighing their credibility, and applying to the facts the law as given them by the trial judge.” 3

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