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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 State v. Perkins.

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1 State v. Perkins Anchor
la · 1979
green “a reference to the testimony as uncontroverted focuses the jury's attention on the defendant's failure to testify” 3
2 State v. Fullilove
la · 1980
green “it is irrelevant whether the prosecutor intended for the jury to draw unfavorable inferences from defendant's silence.” 3

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