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3 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 Roger Fain v. Ed Duff, Etc..

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1 Roger Fain v. Ed Duff, Etc. Anchor
ca5 · 1974
green “right to be free from a second prosecution, not merely a second punishment for the same offense.” 6
2 United States of America Ex Rel. Keith Webb v. Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia County, the District Attorney of Philadelphia County
ca3 · 1975
green “forcing appellant to trial would defeat the constitutional right he seeks to preserve.” 3
3 United States of America Ex Rel. Keith Webb v. Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia County, the District Attorney of Philadelphia County
ca3 · 1975
green “because of the nature of the constitutional right ... asserted, no post-conviction relief, either state or federal, is capable of vindicating appellant's interest.” 3

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