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5 canonical passages across 4 cases, quoted by 18 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 United States v. Albert Escalante.

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1 United States v. Albert Escalante Anchor
ca9 · 1980
green “is the preferred alternative to declaring mistrial when a witness makes inappropriate or prejudicial remarks; mistrial is appropriate only where there has been so much prejudice that an instruction is unlikely to cure it.” 5
2 United States v. Victor Montano Disla
ca9 · 1986
green “may be demonstrated by direct or circumstantial evidence that the defendant had the power to dispose of the drug.” 4
3 United States v. Levi Culps
ca9 · 2002
green “based on facts specific to the defendant's case,” 3
4 United States v. Levi Culps
ca9 · 2002
green “seized in two unrelated cases from different parts of the country,” 3
5 United States v. Joshua R. Kilby
ca9 · 2006
green “the information which supports an approximation must possess sufficient indicia of reliability to support its probable accuracy,” 3

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