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3 canonical passages across 3 cases, quoted by 28 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. Shanahan.

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1 State v. Shanahan Anchor
iowa · 2006
green “a verdict is contrary to the weight of the evidence where 'a greater amount of credible evidence supports one side of an issue or cause than the other.” 12
2 State v. Reeves
iowa · 2003
green “the district court exercised its discretion on grounds or for reasons clearly untenable or to an extent clearly unreasonable.” 9
3 State v. Serrato
iowa · 2010
green “the court reaches the conclusion that the verdict is contrary to the weight of the evidence and that a miscarriage of justice may have resulted.” 7

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