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5 canonical passages across 5 cases, quoted by 44 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. Ball.

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1 State v. Ball Anchor
tenncrimapp · 1998
green “no particular act need be shown, and the defendant need not have taken a physical part in the crime to be held criminally responsible.” 14
2 State v. Watson
tenncrimapp · 2006
green “an individual's presence and companionship with the perpetrator of a felony before and after the commission of an offense are circumstances from which his or her participation in the crime can be inferred.” 8
3 State v. Mickens
tenncrimapp · 2003
green “a theory by which the state may prove the defendant's guilt based on another person's conduct.” 8
4 State v. Osborne
tenncrimapp · 2007
green “acting with intent to promote or assist the commission of the offense, or to benefit in the proceeds or results of the offense, the person solicits, directs, aids, or attempts to aid another person to commit the offense.” 8
5 Hembree v. State
tenncrimapp · 1976
green “in some way associate himself with the venture, act with the knowledge that an offense is to be committed, and share in the criminal intent of the principal in the first degree.” 6

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