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4 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 Edwards v. State.

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1 Edwards v. State Anchor
texapp · 2003
green “exists only if the force or threat of force would render a person of reasonable firmness incapable of resisting the pressure.” 5
2 Kimberly Nicole Cormier v. State
texapp · 2017
green “has two components: (1) the person making the threat must intend and be prepared to carry out the threat immediately, and (2) the threat must be predicated on the threatened person's failure to commit the charged offense immediately.” 5
3 Dewalt v. State
texapp · 2010
green “harm is imminent when there is an emergency situation and it is 'immediately necessary' to avoid that harm, in other words, when a 'split-second decision' is required without time to consider the law.” 4
4 Damian Lamon Murkledove v. State
texapp · 2014
green “harm is imminent when there is an emergency situation and it is 'immediately necessary' to avoid that harm, in other words, when a 'split-second decision' is required without time to consider the law.” 4

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