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4 canonical passages across 4 cases, quoted by 14 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. Allien.

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1 State v. Allien Anchor
la · 1978
green “there is little difference as far as the constitution is concerned between permitting prior inconsistent statements to be used only for impeachment purposes, and permitting them to be used for substantive purposes as well.” 4
2 State v. Cousin
la · 1998
green “to admit the fact and has failed distinctly to do so,” 4
3 State v. Everidge
la · 1997
green “a reviewing court must find beyond a reasonable doubt that excluded evidence could not have affected the jury's verdict for the error to be harmless.” 3
4 State v. Owunta
lactapp · 1999
neutral “attacking the victim's credibility was crucial to the defendant.” 3

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