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4 canonical passages across 3 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. Burkhart.

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1 State v. Burkhart Anchor
tenn · 2001
green “due process requires that a statute provide 'fair warning' and prohibits holding an individual criminally liable for conduct that a person of common intelligence would not have reasonably understood to be proscribed.” 10
2 State v. Wilkins
tenn · 1983
red “absolute precision in drafting prohibitory legislation is not required since prosecution could then easily be evaded by schemes and devices.” 7
3 State v. Wilkins
tenn · 1983
red “which by orderly processes of litigation can be rendered sufficiently definite and certain for purposes of judicial decision.” 7
4 State v. Thomas
tenn · 1982
green “sufficiently precise to put an individual on notice of prohibited activities.” 7

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