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2 canonical passages across 2 cases, quoted by 5 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. Burkhart.

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1 State v. Burkhart Anchor
tenn · 1976
green “sparingly and with caution and only after a judicial determination that the defendant (1) is not seeking to disrupt orderly trial procedure and (2) that the defendant has the intelligence, ability and general competence to participate in his own defense.” 3
2 State v. Small
tenn · 1999
green “only in exceptional circumstances.” 2

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