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3 canonical passages across 2 cases, quoted by 13 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 Lee v. Commonwealth.

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1 Lee v. Commonwealth Anchor
va · 1979
green “the doctrine . . . does not apply if it appears that the prior judgment could have been grounded 'upon an issue other than that which the defendant seeks to foreclose from consideration.” 6
2 Simon v. Commonwealth
va · 1979
green “collateral estoppel becomes applicable only when the prior acquittal necessarily resolved the issue now in litigation.” 5

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