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7 canonical passages across 5 cases, quoted by 23 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 United States v. Billy Harold Barnes.
| # | Case | Flag | Canonical passage | Citers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United States v. Billy Harold Barnes Anchor | green | “furthermore, there is a presumption of prejudice where such improper evidence has been made available to the jury, and the burden is on the government to prove that it is harmless.” | 4 |
| 2 | United States v. Willis Walter Hamblin, Gregory Jones | green | “intuition cannot substitute for admissible evidence when a defendant is on trial,” | 4 |
| 3 | United States v. Billy Harold Barnes | green | “if prejudicial evidence that was not introduced at trial comes before the jury, the defendant is entitled to a new trial.” | 3 |
| 4 | William Evans-Smith v. John B. Taylor | green | “accord the benefit of all reasonable inferences to the government.” | 3 |
| 5 | William Evans-Smith v. John B. Taylor | green | “to start with the assumption that the crime was committed and then to show that each piece of circumstantial evidence can be explained in a consistent manner is fundamentally different from examining each piece of evidence and finally concluding beyond a reasonable doubt that th…” | 3 |
| 6 | United States v. Christopher Andaryl Wills, A/K/A Michael Wills, A/K/A Ed Short | green | “willfully caused unaccompanied travel over state lines.” | 3 |
| 7 | United States v. Lentz | green | “they couldn't charge a homicide in prince george's county," where lentz resided, and "they couldn't charge anything in arlington. all you had in arlington was someone being told to come over and get the child. that's no charge.” | 3 |
A red or yellow flag on a member means the underlying case has negative treatment: for those, check the case page before relying on the passage.