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7 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 Scamardo v. State.

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1 Scamardo v. State Anchor
texcrimapp · 1974
green “an order revoking probation must be supported by a preponderance of the evidence; in other words, that greater weight of the credible evidence which would create a reasonable belief that the defendant has violated a condition of his probation.” 7
2 Brown v. State
texcrimapp · 2003
green “rescue by the police or others or escape by the kidnap victim.” 4
3 Russell v. State
texapp · 2003
green “to get oneself free from confinement or control.” 3
4 Storr v. State
texapp · 2004
green “the victim's feelings of safety may be a factor in determining the safety of a place, but in no case will it convert an otherwise safe place (like a victim's home or operable car) into an unsafe place.” 3
5 Woods v. State
texapp · 2009
green “that release must have occurred in a place and manner which realistically conveyed to the victim that she was then freed from captivity and in circumstances and surroundings wherein aid was readily available.” 3
6 Scamardo v. State
texcrimapp · 1974
green “greater weight of the credible evidence” 3
7 Brown v. State
texcrimapp · 2003
green “of rescue by the police or others or escape by the kidnap victim” 2

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