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7 canonical passages across 7 cases, quoted by 27 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 Johnson v. State.

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1 Johnson v. State Anchor
texcrimapp · 2005
green “a prosecutor's refusal to recuse himself from the case cannot be corrected because the trial court has no authority to force a recusal.” 9
2 Rogers v. State
texapp · 1997
green “a district attorney pro tem. is legally authorized to do whatever the law authorizes a district attorney to do.” 3
3 State Ex Rel. Hill v. Pirtle
texcrimapp · 1994
green “a prosecutor's refusal to recuse himself from the case cannot be corrected because the trial court has no authority to force a recusal.” 3
4 Holland v. State
texapp · 1987
green “district and county attorneys shall not be of counsel adversely to the state in any case, in any court, nor shall they, after they cease to be such officers, be of counsel adversely to the state in any case in which they have been of counsel for the state.” 3
5 Fairley v. State
miss · 1931
green “the appellant had no right to demand that any prosecution against him be conducted by any particular person; he was only entitled to a fair and impartial trial conducted by a duly qualified district attorney, and it does not appear that he was in any wise prejudiced by the fact …” 3
6 State v. Manlove
tex · 1871
green “the appointment to continue at the will of the court, and consequently to end whenever an order or judgment of the court should so direct.” 3
7 State v. Lackey
tex · 1872
green “a district attorney pro tem. is legally authorized to do whatever the law authorizes a district attorney to do.” 3

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