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5 canonical passages across 5 cases, quoted by 15 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 People v. Barton.

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1 People v. Barton Anchor
cal · 1995
green “efendant was prepared to roll the dice in a high stakes game of chance, betting that the jury, faced with the choice of convicting him of murder or acquitting him entirely, would find him not guilty.” 3
2 State v. Fike
kan · 1988
green “there are very few areas of the criminal law which have given the appellate courts more difficulty than the problem of lesser offenses” 3
3 State v. Eastman
idaho · 1992
green “a defendant might choose to forego an opportunity to be convicted of a lesser included offense in order to roll the dice in the hope that the jury might acquit him/her on the greater charge” 3
4 People v. Gramc
illappct · 1995
green “the defense strategy was in legal jargon 'to roll the dice” 3
5 Kinnamon v. State
texcrimapp · 1990
green “even where a lesser included offense is supported by the evidence, the failure of defense counsel to request a charge on the offense or properly object to its omission constitutes a waiver.” 3

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