Topic: bound by supreme court precedent and is unable to modify it… · Go Syfert
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4 canonical passages across 3 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 State v. Smith.

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1 State v. Smith Anchor
connappct · 2008
green “bound by supreme court precedent and is unable to modify it ... . we are not at liberty to overrule or discard the decisions of our supreme court but are bound by them. . . . it is not within our province to reevaluate or replace those decisions.” 6
2 State v. Brown
connappct · 2002
green “our supreme court is the ultimate arbiter of the law in this state. we, as an intermediate appellate court, cannot reconsider the decisions of our highest court.” 5
3 State v. Rodriguez
connappct · 2001
green “we, as an intermediate appellate court, do not reevaluate supreme court decisions and are bound by those decisions” 3
4 State v. Brown
connappct · 2002
green “our supreme court is the ultimate arbiter of the law in this state” 1

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