7 canonical passages across 7 cases, quoted by 24 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 Brown v. State.
| # | Case | Flag | Canonical passage | Citers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Brown v. State Anchor | green | “a photograph which depicts the victim after autopsy incisions are made or after the state of the body is changed by authorities or the pathologist will not be admissible unless necessary to show some material fact which becomes apparent only because of the autopsy.” | 5 |
| 2 | Morgan v. State | green | “a criminal defendant may not stipulate or admit his way out of the full evidentiary force of the case as the state chooses to present it.” | 4 |
| 3 | Cheddersingh v. State | green | “should never surrender an honest opinion in order to be congenial or to reach a verdict,” | 3 |
| 4 | Mathis v. State | green | “norfolk state was giving him an opportunity to try to make it in school, to try to better himself,” | 3 |
| 5 | Barrett v. State | green | “it is the reaction of the sentencer to the evidence before it which concerns this court and which defines the limits which sentencers in past cases have tolerated. . . .” | 3 |
| 6 | Willis v. State | green | “increase . . . the maximum punishment” | 3 |
| 7 | Moore v. Texas | green | “they may not look mentally retarded on the surface,” | 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.