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2 canonical passages across 2 cases, quoted by 10 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. Ruane.

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1 State v. Ruane Anchor
tenncrimapp · 1995
green “there is a distinction between evidence of prior acts of violence by the victim used to corroborate the defense theory that the victim was the first aggressor and that used to establish the defendant's fear of the victim.” 7
2 State v. Robinson
tenncrimapp · 1997
green “the evidence must establish an issue which makes such evidence relevant, and, therefore, admissible.” 3

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