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4 canonical passages across 4 cases, quoted by 16 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 Smith v. Massachusetts.

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1 Smith v. Massachusetts Anchor
scotus · 2005
green “the double jeopardy clause of the fifth amendment prohibits reexamination of a court-decreed acquittal to the same extent it prohibits reexamination of an acquittal by jury verdict.” 5
2 Mathis v. State
texcrimapp · 1899
green “under a misapprehension of the evidence complained of by defendant in his motion.” 5
3 English v. State
texcrimapp · 1980
green “inadvertently and by mistake and the order was not intended to have any legal effect.” 3
4 Allen v. State
mdctspecapp · 2004
green “actual resolution of the sufficiency issue” 3

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