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4 canonical passages across 3 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 Billiot v. State.

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1 Billiot v. State Anchor
miss · 1984
green “the granting of a change of venue is a matter so largely in discretion of the trial court that a judgment of conviction will not be reversed on appeal on the ground that a change of venue was refused, unless it clearly appears that trial court abused its discretion.” 3
2 Gavin v. State
miss · 1985
green “on the issue of whether a defendant's confession was made voluntarily, the trial judge is the finder of fact.” 3
3 Britt v. State
miss · 1988
green “although the defendant does have a right to be tried by a jury whose members were selected pursuant to a nondiscriminatory criteria, ... the sixth amendment ... has never been held to require that petit juries actually chosen must mirror the community and reflect the various dis…” 2
4 Britt v. State
miss · 1988
green “mirror the community and reflect the various distinctive groups in the population.” 2

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