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2 canonical passages across 2 cases, quoted by 59 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. Banks.

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1 State v. Banks Anchor
tenn · 1978
green “an undue tendency to suggest decision on an improper basis, commonly, though not necessarily an emotional one.” 39
2 State v. Young
tenn · 2006
green “prejudice becomes unfair when the primary purpose of the evidence at issue is to elicit emotions of 'bias, sympathy, hatred, contempt, retribution, or horror.” 20

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