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4 canonical passages across 4 cases, quoted by 39 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 West v. State.

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1 West v. State Anchor
miss · 1986
green “what may be harmless error in a case with less at stake becomes reversible error when the penalty is death.” 18
2 Doss v. State
miss · 1997
green “an objection on one or more specific grounds constitutes a waiver of all other grounds.” 12
3 Goodin v. State
miss · 2003
green “there is conflicting authority on whether this court should apply the procedural bar” 6
4 Garrett v. State
· 1940
green “primarily, a judge is to judge his own qualifications and fairness, and unless a record reflects an abuse of his powers to the extent of showing probable injustice, the court here will not reverse a case upon such grounds.” 3

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