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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 Mitchell v. State.

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1 Mitchell v. State Anchor
nev · 2006
green “actual innocence means factual innocence, not mere legal insufficiency.” 7
2 State v. Bennett
nev · 2003
green “good cause and prejudice parallel the second and third brady components; in other words, proving that the state withheld the evidence generally establishes cause, and proving that the withheld evidence was material establishes prejudice.” 4

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