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6 canonical passages across 4 cases, quoted by 82 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 People v. Coleman.

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1 People v. Coleman Anchor
ill · 2013
green “material means the evidence is relevant and probative of the petitioner's innocence.” 18
2 People v. Coleman
ill · 2013
green “noncumulative means the evidence adds to what the jury heard.” 18
3 People v. Robinson
ill · 2020
green “probability, rather than certainty, is the key in considering whether the fact finder would reach a different result after considering the prior evidence along with the new evidence.” 18
4 People v. Sanders
ill · 2016
green “credibility determinations may be made only at a third-stage evidentiary hearing.” 14
5 People v. Sanders
ill · 2016
green “unless they are positively rebutted by the record of the original trial proceedings.” 9
6 People v. Stoecker
ill · 2014
green “need not, standing alone, exonerate the defendant; rather, it must tend to 'significantly advance' his claim of actual innocence.” 5

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