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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 Paul v. State.

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1 Paul v. State Anchor
indctapp · 2008
green “one is entitled to habeas corpus only if he is entitled to his immediate release from unlawful custody.” 7
2 Partlow v. Superintendent, Miami Correctional Facility
indctapp · 2001
green “every person whose liberty is restrained, under any pretense whatever, may prosecute a writ of habeas corpus to inquire into the cause of the restraint, and shall be delivered from the restraint if the restraint is illegal.” 5

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