6 canonical passages across 4 cases, quoted by 23 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 State v. Young.
| # | Case | Flag | Canonical passage | Citers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | State v. Young Anchor | green | “the judge's finding of such a violation, if supported by competent evidence, will not be overturned absent a showing of manifest abuse of discretion.” | 5 |
| 2 | State v. Coffey | green | “a statute should not be interpreted in a manner which would render any of its words superfluous.” | 5 |
| 3 | State v. Tozzi | green | “any violation of a valid condition of probation is sufficient to revoke defendant's probation.” | 5 |
| 4 | State v. Coffey | green | “we construe each word of a statute to have meaning, where reasonable and consistent with the entire statute, because it is always presumed that the legislature acted with care and deliberation.” | 3 |
| 5 | State v. Williams | green | “under these revised provisions, the trial court may only revoke probation if the defendant commits a criminal offense or absconds, and may impose a ninety-day period of confinement for a probation violation other than committing a criminal offense or absconding.” | 3 |
| 6 | State v. Young | green | “only requires that the evidence be such as to reasonably satisfy the judge in the exercise of his sound discretion that the defendant has willfully violated a valid condition of probation or that the defendant has violated without lawful excuse a valid condition upon which the s…” | 2 |
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.