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3 canonical passages across 3 cases, quoted by 25 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 Craig Dunham v. Brion Travis, Chair, New York State Parole Board.

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1 Craig Dunham v. Brion Travis, Chair, New York State Parole Board Anchor
ca2 · 2002
green “actual innocence' means factual innocence, not mere legal insufficiency.” 10
2 Gutierrez v. Smith
ca2 · 2012
green “some objective factor, external to petitioner's defense, interfered with his ability to comply with the state's procedural rule.” 9
3 Angelo Torres v. Daniel Senkowski, Superintendent
ca2 · 2003
green “actual and substantial disadvantage, infecting his entire trial with error of constitutional dimensions.” 6

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