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3 canonical passages across 3 cases, quoted by 25 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 Drichas v. State.

#Case FlagCanonical passage Citers
1 Drichas v. State Anchor
texcrimapp · 2005
green “capability is evaluated based on the circumstances that existed at the time of the offense.” 14
2 Cates v. State
texcrimapp · 2003
green “an automobile can be a deadly weapon if it is driven so as to endanger lives.” 7
3 Schweinle v. State
texcrimapp · 1996
green “restrain' means to restrict a person's movements without consent, so as to interfere substantially with the person's liberty, . . . by confining the person.” 4

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