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4 canonical passages across 3 cases, quoted by 26 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. Charles.

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1 State v. Charles Anchor
lactapp · 2001
green “the purpose served by admission of the other crimes evidence is not to depict the defendant as a bad man, but rather to complete the story of the crime on trial by proving its immediate context of happenings near in time and place.” 8
2 State v. Rhea
lactapp · 2004
green “with power not only to support conclusions but to sustain the willingness of jurors to draw the inferences, whatever they may be, necessary to reach an honest verdict.” 7
3 State v. Jones
lactapp · 2005
green “proximity to the drug, or association with the possessor, may establish a prima facie case of possession when colored by other evidence.” 6
4 State v. Jones
lactapp · 2005
green “mere presence in an area where drugs are found or mere association with the person in actual possession does not constitute constructive possession.” 5

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