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6 canonical passages across 6 cases, quoted by 20 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. Guidice.

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1 People v. Guidice Anchor
ny · 1994
green “a circumstantial evidence charge is required only where the evidence against a defendant is 'wholly circumstantial” 5
2 People v. Baker
nyappdiv · 2006
green “there is no reasonable possibility that the introduction of defendant's statement at trial played a role in the jury's verdict” 3
3 People v. Velazquez
nyappdiv · 2006
green “the people may not rely on the pedigree exception if the questions, though facially appropriate, are likely to elicit incriminating admissions because of the circumstances of the particular case” 3
4 People v. Tirado
nyappdiv · 1975
green “permitted the reasonable inference that defendant had both knowledge and possession of the narcotics and paraphernalia” 3
5 Baker v. Turner Construction Co.
nyappdiv · 1994
green “eyewitness testimony . . . established that defendant engaged in acts which directly proved that at the very least he acted as a lookout while the crime was being committed” 3
6 Lotysz v. Montgomery
nyappdiv · 2003
green “elicited through routine administrative questioning that is not designed to elicit an incriminating response” 3

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