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5 canonical passages across 5 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 Webb v. State.

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1 Webb v. State Anchor
texapp · 2000
green “in the judge's mind, the matter is so evenly balanced that he feels himself in virtual equipoise as to the harmlessness of the error.” 9
2 Tucker v. State
texcrimapp · 1988
green “intentionally committed the murder” 5
3 Lawton v. State
texcrimapp · 1996
green “intent to promote or assist the commission of” 5
4 Barnes v. State
texapp · 2001
green “one could hardly indulge an intent to promote or assist in the commission of an intentional murder without, at a minimum, intending or contemplating that lethal force would be used.” 3
5 Taylor v. State
texapp · 2002
green “sex enjoyed by men and women with both willing and unwilling young girls” 3

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