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4 canonical passages across 4 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 State v. Gusman.

#Case FlagCanonical passage Citers
1 State v. Gusman Anchor
idaho · 1994
green “ollateral estoppel applies only to ultimate facts, not to evidentiary facts.” 3
2 Simon v. Commonwealth
va · 1979
green “courts are in general agreement that in order to bar a subsequent prosecution for a different offense arising out of the same transaction, a necessary element of the offense in the second trial must have been clearly adjudicated in the earlier proceedings.” 3
3 State v. Sharkey
iowa · 1997
green “ollateral estoppel applies only to ultimate facts, not to evidentiary facts.” 3
4 State v. Glenn
nh · 2010
green “ollateral estoppel does not forbid the relitigation of an issue as one of evidentiary fact, even if the state has lost on the same issue as one of ultimate fact to be proven beyond a reasonable doubt in a prior trial.” 3

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