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2 canonical passages across 2 cases, quoted by 570 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 Donnelly v. DeChristoforo.

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1 Donnelly v. DeChristoforo Anchor
scotus · 1974
green “so infected the trial with unfairness as to make the resulting conviction a denial of due process.” 482
2 Berger v. United States
scotus · 1935
red “refrain from improper methods calculated to produce a wrongful conviction.” 88

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