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3 canonical passages across 2 cases, quoted by 21 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 State v. Arrendondo.

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1 State v. Arrendondo Anchor
nm · 2012
green “jury instructions become the law of the case against which the sufficiency of the evidence is to be measured.” 8
2 State v. Garcia
nm · 2011
green “whether substantial evidence of either a direct or circumstantial nature exists to support a verdict of guilt beyond a reasonable doubt with respect to every element essential to a conviction.” 7
3 State v. Garcia
nm · 2011
green “evidence is viewed in the light most favorable to the guilty verdict, indulging all reasonable inferences and resolving all conflicts in the evidence in favor of the verdict.” 6

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