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2 canonical passages across 2 cases, quoted by 12 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. Jeremy Bender.

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1 United States v. Jeremy Bender Anchor
ca11 · 2002
green “this standard requires the appellate court to find that the evidence on a key element of the offense is so tenuous that a conviction would be shocking.” 8
2 United States v. Miguel Orduno-Mireles
ca11 · 2005
green “put another way, because the prior-conviction exception remains undisturbed after booker , a district court does not err by relying on prior convictions to enhance a defendant's sentence.” 4

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