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5 canonical passages across 4 cases, quoted by 15 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. Don Eugene Siegelman.

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1 United States v. Don Eugene Siegelman Anchor
ca11 · 2011
green “if the defendant does so, prejudice to the defendant is presumed and the burden shifts to the government to show 'that the jurors' consideration of extrinsic evidence was harmless to the defendant.” 3
2 United States v. Wilson Hopson Irvin
ca11 · 1986
green “judgments of acquittal are hearsay.” 3
3 United States v. Wilson Hopson Irvin
ca11 · 1986
green “unlike judgments of conviction, which may be admitted under rule 803(22) of the federal rules of evidence for some purposes, and used for impeachment under rule 609, judgments of acquittal are not covered by an exception to the rule against admission of hearsay.” 3
4 United States v. Daniel J. Leichtnam
ca7 · 1991
green “knowingly using and carrying a firearm: to wit, a mossberg rifle” 3
5 United States v. Wesley Anthony McIntosh
ca8 · 1994
green “the specific type of firearm is not an element of the offense.” 3

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