7 canonical passages across 6 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 People v. Blackwell.
| # | Case | Flag | Canonical passage | Citers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | People v. Blackwell Anchor | green | “whether, after viewing the evidence in the light most favorable to the prosecution, any rational trier of fact could have found that the mitigating factors were not present.” | 11 |
| 2 | People v. Treadway | green | “perpetrated in a fleeting moment of intoxicated rage upon a stranger.” | 4 |
| 3 | People v. Thompson | green | “once the defendant carries his burden of proving any of the factors in mitigation, the burden shifts back to the state to prove the absence of the implicated mitigating factors beyond a reasonable doubt” | 3 |
| 4 | People v. Steffens | green | “had a verbal altercation regarding the speed of the defendant's car” | 3 |
| 5 | People v. Nolan | green | “a dangerously aggressive criminal.” | 3 |
| 6 | People v. Tenny | green | “entered the pool hall together and that indicated and is evidence of the fact that they were working together that night as a sophisticated, experienced team of killers.” | 3 |
| 7 | People v. Tenny | green | “designed to convince the jury that the defendant had participated in other killings with the two other men.” | 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.