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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 Boyd v. State.

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1 Boyd v. State Anchor
fla · 2005
green “a trial court should not grant a motion for judgment of acquittal 'unless the evidence is such that no view which the jury may lawfully take of it favorable to the opposite party can be sustained under the law.” 6
2 State v. Odom
fladistctapp · 2003
green “a trial court should not grant a motion for judgment of acquittal unless the evidence, when viewed in a light most favorable to the state, fails to establish a prima facie case of guilt.” 6

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