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4 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 Light v. State.

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1 Light v. State Anchor
texcrimapp · 2000
green “the presumption of regularity is a judicial construct that requires a reviewing court, absent evidence of impropriety, to indulge every presumption in favor of the regularity of the proceedings and documents in the lower court.” 8
2 Light v. State
texcrimapp · 2000
green “absent evidence of impropriety,” 7
3 McCloud v. State
texcrimapp · 1975
green “must indulge every presumption in favor of the regularity of the proceedings and documents” 5
4 Jones v. State
texcrimapp · 2002
green “in the absence of evidence to the contrary, this court presumes the regularity of the trial court's judgment and records.” 4

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