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3 canonical passages across 3 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 Commonwealth v. Melendez-Rodriguez.

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1 Commonwealth v. Melendez-Rodriguez Anchor
pasuperct · 2004
green “a party cannot rectify the failure to preserve an issue by proffering it in response to a rule 1925(b) order.” 16
2 Commonwealth v. Eskridge
pa · 1992
green “an actual conflict of interest affecting the prosecutor exists in the case.” 3
3 Commonwealth v. Jasper
pa · 1992
green “where the trial evidence shows that a violent defendant was incarcerated at the time of trial, no prejudice occurs even when restraints are visible to the jury.” 3

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