Topic: a 'consciousness of guilt' is perhaps one of the strongest … · Go Syfert
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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 Hyde v. State.

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1 Hyde v. State Anchor
texapp · 1993
green “a 'consciousness of guilt' is perhaps one of the strongest kinds of evidence of guilt.” 8
2 Torres v. State
texapp · 1990
green “it is consequently a well accepted principle that any conduct on the part of a person accused of a crime subsequent to its commission, which indicates a 'consciousness of guilt,' may be received as a circumstance tending to prove that he committed the act with which he is charge…” 4

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