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5 canonical passages across 3 cases, quoted by 48 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 Poole v. State.

#Case FlagCanonical passage Citers
1 Poole v. State Anchor
miss · 2010
green “we are not required to decide-and in fact we must refrain from deciding-whether we think the state proved the elements.” 19
2 Amiker v. Drugs for Less, Inc.
miss · 2000
green “trial judge is in the best position to view the trial.” 8
3 Johnson v. State
miss · 2005
green “all credible evidence supporting a defendant's guilt should be accepted as true, and all favorable inferences drawn from the evidence must be reconciled in the prosecution's favor.” 7
4 Johnson v. State
miss · 2005
green “viewed in a light most favorable to the state.” 7
5 Poole v. State
miss · 2010
green “we view the evidence in the light most favorable to the prosecution to determine whether rational, reasonable fair-minded jurors could have found that the state proved each essential element of the crime.” 7

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