4 canonical passages across 4 cases, quoted by 29 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 Tachibana v. State.
| # | Case | Flag | Canonical passage | Citers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tachibana v. State Anchor | green | “once a violation of the constitutional right to testify is established, the conviction must be vacated unless the state can prove that the violation was harmless beyond a reasonable doubt.” | 11 |
| 2 | State v. Celestine. | green | “a verbal exchange between the judge and the defendant 'in which the judge ascertains the defendant's understanding of the proceedings and of the defendant's rights.” | 7 |
| 3 | State v. Chong Hung Han | green | “an objective basis for finding that the defendant knowingly, intelligently, and voluntarily gave up” | 6 |
| 4 | State v. Hoang | green | “in general, it is inherently difficult, if not impossible, to divine what effect a violation of the defendant's constitutional right to testify had on the outcome of any particular case.” | 5 |
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.