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7 canonical passages across 5 cases, quoted by 89 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 Vasquez v. State.

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1 Vasquez v. State Anchor
texcrimapp · 2012
green “because the charge is the instrument by which the jury convicts, it must contain an accurate statement of the law and must set out all the essential elements of the offense.” 27
2 Littrell v. State
texcrimapp · 2008
green “in the multiple-punishments context, two offenses may be the same if one offense stands in relation to the other as a lesser-included offense, or if the two offenses are defined under distinct statutory provisions but the legislature has made it clear that only one punishment is…” 19
3 Vasquez v. State
texcrimapp · 2012
green “the purpose of the trial judge's jury charge is to instruct the jurors on all of the law that is applicable to the case.” 12
4 Yzaguirre, Jay Paul
texcrimapp · 2013
green “the application paragraph is what explains to the jury, in concrete terms, how to apply the law to the facts of the case.” 11
5 Vasquez v. State
texcrimapp · 2012
green “in examining the charge for possible error, reviewing courts 'must examine the charge as a whole instead of a series of isolated and unrelated statements.” 9
6 Bigon v. State
texcrimapp · 2008
green “when a defendant is subjected to multiple punishments for the same conduct, the remedy is to affirm the conviction for the most serious offense and vacate the other convictions.” 8
7 Price, Jimmy Don
texcrimapp · 2014
green “reflects that the legislature clearly intended to disallow dual convictions for the offense of continuous sexual abuse and for offenses enumerated as 'acts of sexual abuse' when based on conduct against the same child during the same period of time.” 3

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