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2 canonical passages across 2 cases, quoted by 8 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 Rector v. Johnson.

#Case FlagCanonical passage Citers
1 Rector v. Johnson Anchor
ca5 · 1997
green “evidence is material only if there is a reasonable probability that, had the evidence been disclosed to the defense, the result of the proceeding would have been different.” 5
2 John E. Brogdon v. Frank Blackburn, Warden of the Louisiana State Penitentiary, at Angola, Louisiana
ca5 · 1986
green “the prosecution has no duty to turn over to the defense evidence that does not exist,” 3

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