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5 canonical passages across 5 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 People v. Smith.

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1 People v. Smith Anchor
ill · 1999
green “the evidence is so unreasonable, improbable, or unsatisfactory as to justify a reasonable doubt of defendant's guilt,” 7
2 People v. Taylor
ill · 1999
green “defendant neither had knowledge that the shooter intended to fire his gun upon exiting the vehicle nor made any effort to aid the shooter in the discharge of the weapon” 4
3 People v. Taylor
ill · 1979
green “the double jeopardy clause forbids a second trial for the purpose of affording the prosecution another opportunity to supply evidence which it failed to muster in the first proceeding.” 4
4 People v. Mocaby
illappct · 2008
green “regardless of the nature of the evidence.” 3
5 People v. Spicer
illappct · 2007
green “although a defendant's 'multipage and signed confession' can, by itself, be considered overwhelming evidence” 3

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