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8 canonical passages across 7 cases, quoted by 212 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 Prewitt v. State.
| # | Case | Flag | Canonical passage | Citers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Prewitt v. State Anchor | green | “probation is a matter of grace left to trial court discretion, not a right to which a criminal defendant is entitled.” | 120 |
| 2 | Prewitt v. State | green | “once a trial court has exercised its grace by ordering probation rather than incarceration, the judge should have considerable leeway in deciding how to proceed.” | 51 |
| 3 | Gosha v. State | green | “if the court finds the defendant has violated a condition of his probation at any time before the termination of the probationary period, and the petition to revoke is filed within the probationary period, then the court may order execution of the sentence that had been suspende…” | 11 |
| 4 | Clark County Council v. Donahue | green | “the probationary scheme is deliberately designed to give trial judges the flexibility to make quick, case-by-case determinations.” | 7 |
| 5 | Braxton v. State | green | “there is substantial evidence of probative value to support the trial court's conclusion that a probationer has violated any condition of probation.” | 7 |
| 6 | Kimberly Heaton v. State of Indiana | green | “an abuse of discretion occurs where the decision is clearly against the logic and effect of the facts and circumstances, or when the trial court misinterprets the law.” | 6 |
| 7 | Axsom v. Axsom | green | “an abuse of discretion may also be found when the trial court misinterprets the law or disregards factors listed in the controlling statute.” | 6 |
| 8 | Smith v. State | green | “a revocation hearing is in the nature of a civil proceeding, and the alleged violation only needs to be established by a preponderance of the evidence.” | 4 |
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.