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3 canonical passages across 3 cases, quoted by 9 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 Mendenhall v. State.

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1 Mendenhall v. State Anchor
texcrimapp · 2002
green “did not know that his conduct was wrong or was incapable of conforming his conduct to the requirements of the law he allegedly violated.” 3
2 Burrows v. State
· 1931
green “that he did not understand and appreciate the consequences of his act” 3
3 Martínez v. Registrar of Property.
prsupreme · 1910
green “to punish a man who has acted from a pure mind, in accordance with the best lights he possessed, because, misled while he was cautious, he honestly supposed the facts to be the reverse of what they were, would restrain neither him nor any other man from doing a wrong in the futu…” 3

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