8 canonical passages across 8 cases, quoted by 37 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 People v. Kurr.
| # | Case | Flag | Canonical passage | Citers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | People v. Kurr Anchor | green | “no error results from the absence of an instruction as long as the instructions as a whole cover the substance of the missing instruction.” | 9 |
| 2 | People v. Crews | green | “defense counsel cannot be deemed deficient for failing to advance a novel legal argument.” | 6 |
| 3 | Velez v. Tuma | green | “we will not lightly presume that the legislature has abrogated the common law.” | 5 |
| 4 | Pond v. People | green | “the defense of his own life, or that of his family, relatives or dependants , within those relations where the law permits the defense of others as of one's self.” | 4 |
| 5 | People v. Curtis | green | “was entitled and bound to take an interest in the life and safety of his brother,” | 4 |
| 6 | People v. Hoskins | green | “the sufficiency of the evidence of a defendant's defense-of-others theory is 'for the jury to decide under proper instructions . . . .” | 3 |
| 7 | Bruce Millar v. Construction Code Authority | green | “means that we review the issue independently, without any required deference to the trial court.” | 3 |
| 8 | People v. Triplett | green | “there is no clear indication that the legislature abrogated or modified the common-law affirmative defense of self-defense in the carrying a concealed weapon statute. . . .” | 3 |
A red or yellow flag on a member means the underlying case has negative treatment — for those, check the case page before relying on the passage.