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7 canonical passages across 5 cases, quoted by 42 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 Thacker v. Commonwealth.

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1 Thacker v. Commonwealth Anchor
va · 1922
green “the law does not presume, because an assault was made with a weapon likely to produce death, that it was an assault with the intent to murder.” 6
2 United States v. Malek Lassiter
ca4 · 2024
green “(1) a specific intent to kill the victim and (2) some overt act in furtherance of that intent.” 6
3 United States v. Valentino Darosa
ca4 · 2024
green “in reviewing a conviction after a jury trial, we construe the evidence in the light most favorable to the government, assuming its credibility, and drawing all favorable inferences from it.” 6
4 United States v. Valentino Darosa
ca4 · 2024
green “we must sustain the jury's verdict if any rational trier of fact could have found the defendant guilty beyond a reasonable doubt.” 6
5 United States v. Makel Elboghdady
ca4 · 2024
green “the district court's factual conclusions for clear error . . . and its legal conclusions de novo.” 6
6 Bufkin v. Collins
scotus · 2025
green “does not decide for itself whether the evidence establishes guilt beyond a reasonable doubt.” 6
7 Bufkin v. Collins
scotus · 2025
green “instead, it construes all evidence and makes all reasonable inferences in favor of the prosecution, and asks whether 'any rational trier of fact could have found the essential elements of the crime beyond a reasonable doubt.” 6

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