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7 canonical passages across 6 cases, quoted by 22 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. Andy Restrepo and Gustavo Bedoya Naranjo.

#Case FlagCanonical passage Citers
1 United States v. Andy Restrepo and Gustavo Bedoya Naranjo Anchor
ca5 · 1993
green “(1) several co-defendants are tried jointly, (2) one defendant's extrajudicial statement is used to implicate another defendant in the crime, and (3) the confessor does not take the stand and is thus not subject to cross-examination.” 4
2 United States v. Michael H. O'Keefe
ca5 · 1984
green “the government has the burden of proving the harmlessness of the breach.” 3
3 United States v. Jimmy Beaumont
ca5 · 1992
green “directly alludes to the complaining defendant.” 3
4 United States v. Gerald Elwood, A/K/A Nap, William Barnes, Jr. And Ernest Marrero
ca5 · 1993
green “generally bears sufficient indicia of reliability to be considered as evidence by the trial judge in making the factual determinations required by the guidelines.” 3
5 Hoskins v. United States
scotus · 1984
green “defendant's statement directly incriminates his or her co-defendants without reference to other, admissible evidence.” 3
6 Martinez v. United States
scotus · 1995
green “a defendant might suffer prejudice from a joint trial if essential exculpatory evidence that would be available to a defendant tried alone were unavailable in a joint trial,” 3
7 Martinez v. United States
scotus · 1995
green “undisputed leader of the conspiracy” 3

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