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3 canonical passages across 3 cases, quoted by 73 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 Herring v. State.

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1 Herring v. State Anchor
miss · 1997
green “only when the verdict is so contrary to the overwhelming weight of the evidence that to allow it to stand would sanction an unconscionable injustice will this court disturb it on appeal.” 43
2 Stringfellow v. State
miss · 1992
red “the rule in mississippi is that a circumstantial evidence instruction should be given only when the prosecution can produce neither eyewitnesses or a confession to the offense charged.” 19
3 Wetz v. State
miss · 1987
green “where there is conflicting testimony, the jury is the judge of the credibility of the witnesses.” 11

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