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7 canonical passages across 5 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 Pannell v. State.

#Case FlagCanonical passage Citers
1 Pannell v. State Anchor
texapp · 1999
green “be aware that the thing he altered, destroyed, or concealed was evidence in the investigation as it existed at the time of the alteration, destruction, or concealment.” 5
2 Stewart v. State
texcrimapp · 2007
green “two different culpable mental states” 4
3 Whetstone v. State
texcrimapp · 1990
green “allegations which are not essential to constitute the offense, and which might be entirely omitted without affecting the charge against the defendant, and without detriment to the indictment, are treated as mere surplusage” 4
4 Williams v. State
texcrimapp · 2008
green “(1) knowing that an investigation or official proceeding is pending or in progress, (2) a person alters, destroys, or conceals any record, document, or thing, (3) with intent to impair its verity, legibility, or availability as evidence in the investigation or official proceedin…” 3
5 Pannell v. State
texapp · 1999
green “in the investigation as it existed at the time of the alteration, destruction, or concealment.” 3
6 Hollingsworth v. State
texapp · 2000
green “movement of the car did not impair the car's 'verity, legibility, or availability' in such a manner that anything of evidentiary value was diminished in any subsequent investigation.” 3
7 Pannell v. State
texapp · 1999
green “aware that the thing he altered, destroyed, or concealed was evidence in the investigation as it existed at the time of the alteration, destruction, or concealment.” 2

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