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4 canonical passages across 3 cases, quoted by 426 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. Sisk.

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1 State v. Sisk Anchor
tenn · 2011
green “on appeal of a conviction is not to contemplate all plausible inferences in the defendant's favor, but to draw all reasonable inferences from the evidence in favor of the state.” 164
2 State v. Cooper
tenncrimapp · 1987
green “may not be based solely upon conjecture, guess, speculation, or a mere possibility.” 91
3 State v. Pendergrass
tenncrimapp · 1999
green “this standard applies to findings of guilt based upon direct evidence, circumstantial evidence, or a combination of both direct and circumstantial evidence.” 88
4 State v. Pendergrass
tenncrimapp · 1999
green “applies to findings of guilt based upon direct evidence, circumstantial evidence, or a combination of both direct and circumstantial evidence.” 83

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