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2 canonical passages across 2 cases, quoted by 11 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 State v. Massey.

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1 State v. Massey Anchor
lactapp · 1988
green “mere words or gestures, however offensive or insulting, will not reduce homicide from murder to manslaughter.” 7
2 State v. Hamilton
lactapp · 1999
green “if a rational trier of fact, viewing the evidence in the light most favorable to the prosecution, could have found the mitigating factors were not established by a preponderance of the evidence.” 4

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