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3 canonical passages across 3 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 State v. Bigbee.

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1 State v. Bigbee Anchor
tenn · 1994
red “that 'the witness had knowledge of material facts, that a relationship exists between the witness and the party that would naturally incline the witness to favor the party and that the missing witness was available to the process of the court for trial.” 5
2 State v. Boyd
tenncrimapp · 1993
green “the witness who was not called must not have been equally available to both parties.” 4
3 Hicks v. State
tenncrimapp · 1976
green “under no obligation to produce every possible witness.” 4

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