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2 canonical passages across 2 cases, quoted by 12 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 Rose v. Clark.

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1 Rose v. Clark Anchor
scotus · 1986
green “f the defendant had counsel and was tried by an impartial adjudicator, there is a strong presumption that any other errors that may have occurred are subject to harmless-error analysis.” 9
2 Yates v. Evatt
scotus · 1991
green “e have the authority to make our own assessment of the harmlessness of a constitutional error in the first instance.” 3

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