7 canonical passages across 7 cases, quoted by 30 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 Cook v. State.
| # | Case | Flag | Canonical passage | Citers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cook v. State Anchor | green | “a written instrument is an indictment or information under the constitution if it accuses someone of a crime with enough clarity and specificity to identify the penal statute under which the state intends to prosecute, even if the indictment is otherwise defective.” | 7 |
| 2 | Rogers v. State | green | “could serve no purpose other than to inflame and prejudice the minds of the jurors.” | 7 |
| 3 | Park v. Wood | green | “an indictment should be so certain and definite in charging the offense that it leaves nothing to be supplied by intendment or inference.” | 4 |
| 4 | Knox v. State | green | “evade detention (and certain arrest) and/or run over the officer to avoid the confrontation” | 3 |
| 5 | Anderson v. State | green | “in fact, did your wife receive a threatening phone call?” | 3 |
| 6 | Wehrenberg, Michael Fred | green | “inevitable discovery' doctrine is inapplicable in texas based on that doctrine's inconsistency with the plain language of the statutory exclusionary rule.” | 3 |
| 7 | Delay, Thomas Dale | green | “it is axiomatic that, in gauging the legal sufficiency of the evidence to support a particular criminal conviction, reviewing courts are obliged to view all of the evidence in the light most favorable to the jury's verdict, in deference to the jury's institutional prerogative to…” | 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.