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4 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 Waters v. State.

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1 Waters v. State Anchor
texapp · 2011
green “how long a term it wishes a defendant to serve before that defendant may become eligible for parole because the jury is instructed on good-conduct time and is furnished the formula for determining eligibility.” 3
2 Waters v. State
texapp · 2011
green “of whether the defendant would be awarded or would forfeit good-conduct time or how the parole laws would be applied to her would necessarily be based on speculation.” 3
3 Branch v. State
texapp · 2011
green “simply ensured that the jury understood the language set out in the instructions.” 3
4 Branch v. State
texapp · 2011
green “the prosecutor's statements were improper because they went beyond merely explaining the parole-law portion of the jury charge and because they were also an inaccurate statement of the law.” 3

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