7 canonical passages across 5 cases, quoted by 27 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 Cruz v. State.
| # | Case | Flag | Canonical passage | Citers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cruz v. State Anchor | green | “it is settled law that neither the trial judge nor the prosecution may comment on the defendant's failure to testify, and that any such comment violates the fifth amendment privilege against self-incrimination.” | 9 |
| 2 | Saldivar v. State | green | “shooting an employer and friend in the back as she walks away from an argument is not an objectively common response in an ordinary reasonable person.” | 3 |
| 3 | Bradshaw v. State | green | “if a defendant establishes by a preponderance of the evidence that he or she did so, the offense level is reduced from a first-degree to a second-degree felony.” | 3 |
| 4 | Bradshaw v. State | green | “if a defendant is convicted of murder, he or she may argue at punishment that he or she caused the death of the victim while under the immediate influence of sudden passion arising from adequate cause.” | 3 |
| 5 | Ramirez v. State | green | “to argue to the jury that the two bullets and two wounds raised a reasonable doubt about appellant's guilt, because that evidence points to the presence of two weapons and two assailants, not to appellant.” | 3 |
| 6 | Willis v. State | green | “it is not enough to merely depict the defendant's physical behavior and the physical context in which it arose,” | 3 |
| 7 | Willis v. State | green | “that would commonly produce a degree of anger, rage, resentment, or terror in a person of ordinary temper, sufficient to render the mind incapable of cool reflection.” | 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.