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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 Alvelo v. State.

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1 Alvelo v. State Anchor
ga · 2011
green “should be exercised with caution and invoked only in exceptional cases in which the evidence preponderates heavily against the verdict,” 6
2 Walker v. State
ga · 2013
green “decidedly and strongly against the weight of the evidence.” 6

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