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4 canonical passages across 3 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. Jones.

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1 State v. Jones Anchor
la · 1985
green “a challenge for cause should be granted, even when a prospective juror declares his ability to remain impartial, if the juror's responses as a whole reveal facts from which bias, prejudice or inability to render judgment according to law may be reasonably implied.” 10
2 State v. Jones
la · 1985
green “even when a prospective juror declares his ability to remain impartial, if the juror's responses as a whole reveal facts from which bias, prejudice or inability to render judgment according to law may be reasonably inferred.” 5
3 State v. Robertson
la · 1994
green “(1) erroneous denial of a challenge for cause; and (2) the use of all his peremptory challenges.” 3
4 State v. Howard
la · 1999
green “in trials of offenses punishable by death or necessarily by imprisonment at hard labor, each defendant shall have twelve peremptory challenges, and the state twelve for each defendant.” 3

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