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3 canonical passages across 2 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 United States v. Gaetano Modica.

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1 United States v. Gaetano Modica Anchor
ca2 · 1981
green “the severity of the misconduct; the measures adopted to cure the misconduct; and the certainty of conviction absent the improper statements.” 10
2 Steven Garofolo v. Philip Coomb, Superintendent, Eastern New York Correctional Facility
ca2 · 1986
green “constitutional error occurs only when the prosecutorial remarks were so prejudicial that they rendered the trial in question fundamentally unfair.” 3
3 Steven Garofolo v. Philip Coomb, Superintendent, Eastern New York Correctional Facility
ca2 · 1986
green “the prosecutorial remarks were so prejudicial that they rendered the trial in question fundamentally unfair.” 3

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