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2 canonical passages across 2 cases, quoted by 6 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 Roberts v. Louisiana.

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1 Roberts v. Louisiana Anchor
scotus · 1976
green “element of capriciousness in making the jurors' power to avoid the death penalty dependant on their willingness to accept an invitation” 3
2 Michael Lee Lockhart v. Gary Johnson, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Institutional Division Dan Morales, Attorney General
ca5 · 1997
green “the decision to restrain an obstreperous defendant with visible restraints lies within the sound discretion of the trial judge.” 3

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