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5 canonical passages across 2 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 Commonwealth v. Azar.

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1 Commonwealth v. Azar Anchor
mass · 2002
green “the substantial risk standard requires us to determine 'if we have a serious doubt whether the result of the trial might have been different had the error not been made.” 7
2 Commonwealth v. Azar
mass · 2002
green “if we have a serious doubt whether the result of the trial might have been different had the error not been made.” 6
3 Commonwealth v. Azar
mass · 2002
green “a serious doubt whether the result of the trial might have been different had the error not been made.” 5
4 Commonwealth v. Miranda
massappct · 1986
green “where evidence of guilt is strong and one-sided, it is generally concluded that no substantial risk exists of a miscarriage of justice” 4

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