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4 canonical passages across 3 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 Johnson v. Singletary.

#Case FlagCanonical passage Citers
1 Johnson v. Singletary Anchor
fla · 1996
green “appellate counsel cannot be ineffective for failing to raise claims which were not preserved due to trial counsel's failure to object.” 6
2 Spencer v. State
fla · 2003
green “down into the validity of the trial itself to the extent that a verdict of guilty could not have been obtained without the assistance of the alleged error.” 4
3 Spencer v. State
fla · 2003
green “the error must reach down into the validity of the trial itself to the extent that a verdict of guilty could not have been obtained without the assistance of the alleged error.” 4
4 Fennie v. State
fla · 2003
green “must be so prejudicial as to taint the jury's recommended sentence.” 4

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