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7 canonical passages across 3 cases, quoted by 24 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 Revilla v. Gibson.

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1 Revilla v. Gibson Anchor
ca10 · 2002
green “so grossly prejudicial that it fatally infected the trial and denied the fundamental fairness that is the essence of due process.” 6
2 Romano v. Gibson
ca10 · 2001
green “on direct appeal, petitioners did challenge the trial court's exclusion of this evidence on federal constitutional grounds, but the occa addressed these claims only under state law” 3
3 Romano v. Gibson
ca10 · 2001
green “we need ask no more than whether the trial court's application of this state evidentiary rule excluded critical exculpatory evidence.” 3
4 Revilla v. Gibson
ca10 · 2002
green “only if the alleged error was so grossly prejudicial that it fatally infected the trial and denied the fundamental fairness that is the essence of due process.” 3
5 Ellis v. State
oklacrimapp · 1994
green “any probative value of dr. garcia's report was substantially outweighed by the danger of misleading the jury and confusing the issues of competency and sanity.” 3
6 Ellis v. State
oklacrimapp · 1994
green “felt his body was frozen by the demons and spirits trying to take over his body.” 3
7 Ellis v. State
oklacrimapp · 1994
green “substantially outweighed by the danger of misleading the jury and confusing the issues of competency and sanity.” 3

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